Re: An idea about a webcam....

["Adam Schreiber" <sadam clemson edu>]

On 2/4/07, Jason Brower <encompass gmail com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 09:18 -0500, Adam Schreiber wrote:
> > I'm not sure that all this is necessary.  If the drivers are
> > available, HAL should attach the webcam to /dev/videoX and then
> > gstreamer should be able to attach the video source to anything on the
> > desktop that needs it.  At that point, the messenger clients simply
> > need to handle the various protocol's quirks with respect to sending
> > video.
> But it isn't done... I personally don't have the programming knowledge
> to use HAL and Gstreamer.  Though I am sure I could learn.  This is the
> first steps of making this work.  Adn most messege programers have no
> intend on creating a video part for their clients.  They jsut want the
> text.  And let someone else do the video.  That is why I am doing this.

I'm not sure where your assertion that "most messege programers have
no  intend[sic] on creating a video part for their clients" comes
from.  While the merge has been delayed, I believe the plans for gaim
still include adding the code from gaim-vv after 2.0 is finally
released.  While this is a solution for one client, the code for
individual protocols should probably be pushed lower into libraries
that all of the clients can use.

Cheers,

Adam