Ben Hutchings a écrit :
> On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 11:04 +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
>> severity 569100 minor
>> thanks
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 01:18:32AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>>> Package: luvcview
>>> Version: 1:0.2.6-1
>>> Severity: serious
>>>
>>> The V4L1 API is obsolete and does not work with most new V4L drivers.
>>> You can use libv4l as an emulation layer; see
>>> <http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/3636.html>.
>>>
>>> Please note that although there are source files named 'v4l2uvc.c' and
>>> 'v4l2uvc.h', they are actually using V4L1 as defined in
>>> <linux/videodev.h> whereas V4L2 is defined in <linux/videodev2.h>.
>>>
>> It actually uses the V4L2 API only, it's just that <linux/videodev.h> 
>> is used to include <linux/videodev2.h>. The code builds well with only 
>> <linux/videodev2.h>, and the resulting binary is the same.
>>
>> As a consequence, downgrading the severity to minor.
> 
> OK, sorry for the inflated severity.
> 
> luvcview probably still needs to use libv4l2 for format conversion for
> newer webcams.

What do you mean? luvcview is already using the v4l2 API. Why a
conversion would be needed?

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