[GEM-dev] Fwd: another videoDV4L bug

[Alexandre Quessy]

Hi all,

2007/3/21, Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico.bukvic at gmail.com>:
> > > yes, you're right. but if I'm not totally mistaken,
> > > there is no way to reduce the resolution of the frames
> > > delivered by pix_video on linux - so you just have to
> > > live with the high cpu usage caused by pix_video (or,
> > > for that matter, libdv - cannot check right now) in
> > > conjunction with ieee1394 hardware at "normal" frame
> > > rates.
> >
> > Does this mean I should use the best quality possible ? (namely 5)
>
> I think in Linux that is the only option. Other selections simply return
> message "option not supported on this OS."

Actually, no : here I can select 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. 1 has a very low
pixel resolution. 2 and 4 are greyscales images. 2 and 3 have a decent
resolution. 4 and 5 have the best resolution. (but 4 being greyscale
as I wrote before)

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