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Re: [pwc] New release 10.0.10

To: Philips Webcam Linux Driver <>
Subject: Re: [pwc] New release 10.0.10
From: Lonni J Friedman <>
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 12:16:12 -0800
Thanks.  I can confirm that this works fine in FC4 (x86) with a
Philips PCVC690K (Vesta Pro Scan).

On 1/1/06, Luc Saillard <> wrote:
> Happy new year everybody, I'm please to announce a new release of the pwc[1]
> driver. A lot of change since the last time. Oops a i forgot to include fix
> made by Hugo MERCIER (sorry i've forgotten your mail when creating the
> archive). I'll release another soon, with yours fixes.
> The BIG change is the possibility to capture the stream in the RAW/compressed
> format. So we can re-add the driver to the kernel after a period of cleanup.
> I've made a small library[2] to uncompress in userland the stream, and 
> produce a
> example how to use it. I'll look if we can add it to motion, or to xawtv.
>
>  Makefile         |    3
>  philips.txt      |  236 
> -------------------------------------------------------
>  pwc-ctrl.c       |   78 +++++++++---------
>  pwc-dec1.c       |    8 +
>  pwc-dec1.h       |   11 ++
>  pwc-dec23.c      |   84 +++++++------------
>  pwc-dec23.h      |    4
>  pwc-if.c         |   51 ++---------
>  pwc-ioctl.h      |    9 ++
>  pwc-misc.c       |   43 ++++------
>  pwc-timon.h      |    2
>  pwc-uncompress.c |  127 ++++++++++++++---------------
>  pwc-v4l.c        |  204 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  pwc.h            |   15 ++-
>  14 files changed, 344 insertions(+), 531 deletions(-)
>
> As I change the decompressor (a little), i would like anybody to test it.
>
> For the newer logitech, as logitech fusion. The current pwc driver will never
> support these webcams. But a new driver is currently written by Laurent
> Pinchart to support any standard usb video device. I hope this driver can
> enter in beta soon to test it myself.
> And for specific functionnality of the webcam (as the sphere), first wait a
> working driver.
>
> Thanks,
> Luc
>
> [1] http://saillard.org/linux/pwc/files/pwc-10.0.10.tar.bz2
> [2] http://saillard.org/linux/pwc/files/libpwc-20060101.tar.bz2
> [3] http://saillard.org/linux/pwc/files/capture.c
>


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L. Friedman                                    
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