Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Non-standard cam support



Hello,


No one has done that, but it could be easy to write a pwlib plugin for
that if someone finds the time to do it.

That's theorically possible and not too hard.


Le lundi 20 septembre 2004 à 09:07 +0000, phogg patmedia net a écrit :
> 
> Damien Sandras wrote:
> 
> >Le vendredi 10 septembre 2004 à 20:33 +0000, phogg patmedia net a
> >écrit :
> >  
> >
> >>Hi.
> >>
> >>I have been using a phillips-based cam with gnomemeeting. I recently 
> >>picked up a D-Link DCS-900
> >>ethernet cam as a security cam.
> >>
> >>While I like the phillips-based cam, I was wondering if there was any 
> >>consideration for extending
> >>gnomemeeting to support ethernet-based cams. I could not find anything 
> >>on this subject on the
> >>web page, or by scanning the past 3 months of the mailing-list archives.
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >The question is : is that camera supported by the Linux kernel or not?
> >If the camera is supported, then it will work with GnomeMeeting. If it
> >is not supported, then it won't work and a driver needs to be written by
> >the kernel maintainers, not by us :)
> >
> >  
> >
> The camera is it's own network device, with a web server and an IP 
> address. That's what makes
> it non-standard. :)  The access method is either http or udp. The web 
> client that gets used by the
> client system is Java-based. One wouldn't need a 'driver' to access the 
> cam, just an http-based
> client interface that would process the video stream.
> 
> To access the cam, one opens a browser, enters the IP and is authorized 
> by name/passwd. At that
> point, one has a static photo, and clicks on a button on the web page to 
> begin streaming. Theoretically,
> the cam can be accessed from any client system, anywhere, although, in 
> my case, it's being accessed
> across my internal network.
> 
> This may not be a practical matter; the bandwidth requrements are high.. 
> I was just curious whether
> anyone had looked at using network-based imaging solutions with 
> gnomemeeting.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
> >>I must admit, I haven't researched whether the java-applet provided by 
> >>the D-Link cam is anywhere
> >>near a  standard, it would seem to me that allowing for plug-ins for 
> >>browser-based cams might
> >>extend the range of cams that gnomemeeting would support. And, with the 
> >>proliferation of
> >>home networks, there might be a bunch of folks who would like to just 
> >>plug in an ethernet cam and
> >>not have to deal with usb support issues.
> >>
> >>I could be wrong, of course, but I thought I'd toss this one out for 
> >>consideration.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>John
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> >>    
> >>
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