gspca webcams (video4linux)

[Wouter Stomp]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Kees Cook <kees at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> With 2.6.27, the gspca webcam drivers have moved into the mainline kernel.
> As part of that move, all the in-kernel format-conversion routines have
> been moved out of the kernel into userspace.  However, Intrepid does
> not yet have this userspace element -- libv4l.  It[2] is presently
> sitting in Debian NEW, and I think we need to get it into Intrepid
> to try to minimize[3] the regression for these webcams.  (Presently,
> any of the gspca webcams doing format-conversion (all?) will appear to
> have regressed.)
>
> Anyone using applications with these webcams will need to use the
> PRELOAD stuff[4] to make them work again.  So, in addition to libv4l,
> would it be possible to get the gstreamer patches needed to support
> this?
>
> -Kees
>
> [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/291036/
> [2] http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=libv4l
> [3] http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/4789.html
> [4] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterWebcamSupport#Documentation
>

Is there any progress on this? Libv4l still isn't in either debian or
ubuntu. This would be a huge regression for intrepid otherwise.

Wouter.