[GEM-dev] VideoIO Framework

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

>>   I can maybe see the utility on Linux but what you propose makes no 
>> sense on OSX or Windows.
> it makes sense on windows, as there are already 2 (or 3, if you count
> the old vfw/avi stuff) APIs (directshow, quicktime).
> on os-x things are a bit different, as there is basically just one API.
> nevertheless, the platform that will benefit most from it will be linux.

IMHO it should handle also live video input (cameras) and live video 
output (X11, Xv, with or without SHM, and then SDL, OSX, ...). If it 
handles at least V4L1 and V4L2, count me in for GridFlow support.

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