Bug 182513 (ovcam)

Summary:	[feature request] ovcam drivers
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Federico Ferri (RETIRED) <mescalinum>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Federico Ferri (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-18 21:56:46 UTC

I would like to see this piece of software into portage. It is a driver for common webcams like Creative Blaster WebCam III.

Extract from website:

This is set of drivers for the OmniVision OV5xx series of chips. These are USB-only video capture chips used in many "webcam" devices, and some TV-capture devices. Any camera using the OV511/OV511+/OV518 and the OV6620/OV6630/OV7610/OV7620/OV7620AE image sensor should work. OV518+ cameras have limited support too (should be fully supported soon). TV-capture devices with the SAA7111A decoder are supported as well. It supports streaming and capture of color or monochrome video via the Video4Linux API. Most V4L apps are compatible with it, and it supports most image widths and heights that are multiples of 8.


You can find an installation overview here:

http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/install.html

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-18 22:01:56 UTC

So, enable it in your kernel? 

CONFIG_USB_OV511

Comment 2 Federico Ferri (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-18 22:06:04 UTC

# grep ^CONFIG_USB_OV /etc/kernels/kernel-config-x86-2.6.20-gentoo-r8
# exit

which kernel version?