1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head> 2 3 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> 4 5 <meta name="Author" content="Mark McClelland"> 6 7 <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.61 [en] (OS/2; U) [Netscape]"><title>Linux OV511 Driver - Apps</title></head><body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff" link="#0000ee" vlink="#551a8b" alink="#ff0000"> 8 9<center><font size="+2">Tested Applications:</font></center> 10 11<hr width="100%"> 12<p><b><font color="#ff0000">NOTE:</font></b> If you are a V4L application 13 developer, make sure that you support YUV420P color in your app. Driver 14version 2.01 and later don't support other color formats.<br> 15 </p> 16 17<p>Test system is a PIII 600 running RedHat 7.3. Video card is an ATI 18All-in-Wonder 16MB (PCI), driven by XFree86 4.0.3 at 16 bpp.<br> 19 20<table border="1"> 21 <tbody> 22 <tr> 23 <td bgcolor="#99ff99"><b>Name</b></td> 24 <td valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ffff"><b>Type </b>(see below)<br> 25 </td> 26 <td bgcolor="#66ffff"><b>App<br> 27Version</b></td> 28 <td bgcolor="#66ffff"><b>Driver</b> <br> 29 <b>Version</b></td> 30 <td bgcolor="#66ffff"><b>Syscall</b> <br> 31 <b>Used</b></td> 32 <td bgcolor="#66ffff"><b>Resolutions</b></td> 33 <td bgcolor="#66ffff"><b>Supports YUV420P</b></td> 34 <td valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ffff"><b>V4L2</b></td> 35<td bgcolor="#66ffff"><b>Status</b></td> 36 <td bgcolor="#66ffff"><b>Note</b></td> 37 </tr> 38 <tr> 39 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://www.bytesex.org/xawtv/"> 40 Xawtv</a> </td> 41 <td valign="middle">MCTWS<br> 42 </td> 43 <td>3.47, 3.66</td> 44 <td>1.40 - 1.56</td> 45 <td>mmap</td> 46 <td><font color="#000000">Any *</font></td> 47 <td>Yes **<br> 48 </td> 49 <td valign="middle">Yes<br> 50 </td> 51<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Working</td> 52 <td>Upgrade to driver version 1.43 or use the -noscale option if 53 you get a black or green image</td> 54 </tr> 55 <tr> 56 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc">vidcat (<strike><a href="http://www.hdk-berlin.de/%7Erasca/w3cam/">w3cam</a></strike>) <font color="#cc0000">Site is down; use <a href="download/apps/w3cam-0.7.2.tar.gz">local mirror</a></font></td> 57 <td valign="middle">WS<br> 58 </td> 59 <td>0.6.2, 0.7.1</td> 60 <td>1.29, 1.43</td> 61 <td>mmap</td> 62 <td>Any *</td> 63 <td>Yes</td> 64 <td valign="middle"><br> 65 </td> 66<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Working</td> 67 <td>If you get a scrambled or tiled image, use the "-p c" option 68 to set the palette.<br> 69 </td> 70 </tr> 71 <tr> 72 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://cse.unl.edu/%7Ecluening/gqcam/"> 73 gqcam</a> </td> 74 <td valign="middle">M<br> 75 </td> 76 <td>0.9</td> 77 <td>1.40</td> 78 <td>read</td> 79 <td>640x480, 320x240, <font color="#000000">160x120</font></td> 80 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font></td> 81 <td valign="middle"><br> 82 </td> 83<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Working</td> 84 <td>Must use "<tt>-swap</tt>" option.</td> 85 </tr> 86 <tr> 87 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://www-mice.cs.ucl.ac.uk/multimedia/software/vic/"> 88 vic</a> </td> 89 <td valign="middle">V<br> 90 </td> 91 <td>2.8ucl-1.1.3</td> 92 <td>(At least 1.22; Tested with 1.25)</td> 93 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font></td> 94 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font></td> 95 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font></td> 96 <td valign="middle"><br> 97 </td> 98<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Working</td> 99 <td><br> 100 </td> 101 </tr> 102 <tr> 103 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://www.openh323.org">ohphone</a> 104 </td> 105 <td valign="middle">V<br> 106 </td> 107 <td>1.1p1, static linked binary release</td> 108 <td>1.32</td> 109 <td>mmap</td> 110 <td>320x240, <font color="#000000">176x144</font></td> 111 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font></td> 112 <td valign="middle"><br> 113 </td> 114<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Working</td> 115 <td>Must use "<tt>--videosize large</tt>" option if your driver 116is older than 1.43.</td> 117 </tr> 118 <tr> 119 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/%7Ewenk/kwintv/"> 120 kwintv</a> </td> 121 <td valign="middle">T<br> 122 </td> 123 <td>0.8.5</td> 124 <td>1.40</td> 125 <td><font color="#ff9900">overlay</font></td> 126 <td><br> 127 </td> 128 <td><br> 129 </td> 130 <td valign="middle"><br> 131 </td> 132<td bgcolor="#ffcccc">Unsupported</td> 133 <td>This is designed for TV cards that use overlay, which ov511 134does not support.</td> 135 </tr> 136 <tr> 137 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc">qvix</td> 138 <td valign="middle"><br> 139 </td> 140 <td><br> 141 </td> 142 <td><br> 143 </td> 144 <td><br> 145 </td> 146 <td><br> 147 </td> 148 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font><br> 149 </td> 150 <td valign="middle"><br> 151 </td> 152<td>Untested</td> 153 <td><br> 154 </td> 155 </tr> 156 <tr> 157 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://www.smcc.demon.nl/camstream/"> 158 camstream</a> </td> 159 <td valign="middle">M<br> 160 </td> 161 <td><br> 162 </td> 163 <td>1.28</td> 164 <td><br> 165 </td> 166 <td><br> 167 </td> 168 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font><br> 169 </td> 170 <td valign="middle"><br> 171 </td> 172<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Reported Working</td> 173 <td>This is a good replacement for xawtv</td> 174 </tr> 175 <tr> 176 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://motion.technolust.cx/">motion</a> 177 </td> 178 <td valign="middle">O<br> 179 </td> 180 <td>2.5.0</td> 181 <td>1.38</td> 182 <td>mmap</td> 183 <td>Any *</td> 184 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font></td> 185 <td valign="middle"><br> 186 </td> 187<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Reported Working</td> 188 <td>A motion detection program. Good for surveillance, etc...</td> 189 </tr> 190 <tr> 191 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://ascii.dyne.org/">Hasciicam</a> 192 </td> 193 <td valign="middle">MS<br> 194 </td> 195 <td><br> 196 </td> 197 <td><br> 198 </td> 199 <td><br> 200 </td> 201 <td><br> 202 </td> 203 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font><br> 204 </td> 205 <td valign="middle"><br> 206 </td> 207<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Reported <br> 208 Working</td> 209 <td><br> 210 </td> 211 </tr> 212 <tr> 213 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://www.freewebfone.com/">Freewebfone</a> 214 </td> 215 <td valign="middle">V<br> 216 </td> 217 <td>3.3</td> 218 <td>1.35</td> 219 <td>read</td> 220 <td>352x288, 320x240, 176x144, 160x120</td> 221 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font></td> 222 <td valign="middle"><br> 223 </td> 224<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Working</td> 225 <td><br> 226 </td> 227 </tr> 228 <tr> 229 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://www.realnetworks.com">RealProducer 230 Basic</a> </td> 231 <td valign="middle">C<br> 232 </td> 233 <td>8.5</td> 234 <td>1.34, 1.43</td> 235 <td>mmap</td> 236 <td>Any * (must set with <tt>-vx width,height</tt>)</td> 237 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font></td> 238 <td valign="middle">No<br> 239 </td> 240<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Working</td> 241 <td>Works well with RealServer.</td> 242 </tr> 243 <tr> 244 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://cserv.sourceforge.net/">camserv</a> 245 </td> 246 <td valign="middle">W<br> 247 </td> 248 <td><br> 249 </td> 250 <td><br> 251 </td> 252 <td><br> 253 </td> 254 <td><br> 255 </td> 256 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font><br> 257 </td> 258 <td valign="middle"><br> 259 </td> 260<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Reported <br> 261 Working</td> 262 <td><br> 263 </td> 264 </tr> 265 <tr> 266 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://gspy.sourceforge.net/">gspy</a> 267 </td> 268 <td valign="middle">O<br> 269 </td> 270 <td><br> 271 </td> 272 <td><br> 273 </td> 274 <td><br> 275 </td> 276 <td><br> 277 </td> 278 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font><br> 279 </td> 280 <td valign="middle"><br> 281 </td> 282<td>Untested</td> 283 <td><br> 284 </td> 285 </tr> 286 <tr> 287 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://www.linuxbrit.co.uk/camE/"> 288 camE</a> </td> 289 <td valign="middle"><br> 290 </td> 291 <td><br> 292 </td> 293 <td><br> 294 </td> 295 <td><br> 296 </td> 297 <td><br> 298 </td> 299 <td><font color="#ff0000">???</font><br> 300 </td> 301 <td valign="middle"><br> 302 </td> 303<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Reported <br> 304 Working</td> 305 <td><br> 306 </td> 307 </tr> 308 <tr> 309 <td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://planeta.terra.com.br/informatica/gleicon/video4linux/videodog.html"> 310 VideoDog</a> </td> 311 <td valign="middle"><br> 312 </td> 313 <td>0.21<br> 314 </td> 315 <td><br> 316 </td> 317 <td><br> 318 </td> 319 <td>Any * 320 </td> 321 <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">No 322 </td> 323 <td valign="middle">No<br> 324 </td> 325<td bgcolor="#99ff99">Reported <br> 326 Working</td> 327 <td><br> 328 </td> 329 </tr> 330 <tr> 331 <td valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffcc">Gnomemeeting<br> 332 </td> 333 <td valign="middle">V<br> 334 </td> 335 <td valign="middle"><br> 336 </td> 337 <td valign="middle">1.43<br> 338 </td> 339 <td valign="middle"><br> 340 </td> 341 <td valign="middle"><br> 342 </td> 343 <td valign="middle"><font color="#ff0000">???</font><br> 344 </td> 345 <td valign="middle"><br> 346 </td> 347<td valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ff99">Working<br> 348 </td> 349 <td valign="middle">Must use driver version 1.43 for the small 350 video size option to work<br> 351 </td> 352 </tr> 353 <tr> 354 <td valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://zapping.sourceforge.net/"> 355 Zapping<br> 356 </a></td> 357 <td valign="middle">MCT<br> 358 </td> 359 <td valign="middle"><br> 360 </td> 361 <td valign="middle"><br> 362 </td> 363 <td valign="middle"><br> 364 </td> 365 <td valign="middle"><br> 366 </td> 367 <td valign="middle"><font color="#ff0000">???</font><br> 368 </td> 369 <td valign="middle"><br> 370 </td> 371<td valign="middle">Untested<br> 372 </td> 373 <td valign="middle">Supports the ov511's button<br> 374 </td> 375 </tr> 376 <tr> 377 <td valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffcc">fbtv<br> 378 </td> 379 <td valign="middle">MT<br> 380 </td> 381 <td valign="middle"><br> 382 </td> 383 <td valign="middle"><br> 384 </td> 385 <td valign="middle"><br> 386 </td> 387 <td valign="middle"><br> 388 </td> 389 <td valign="middle"><font color="#ff0000">???</font><br> 390 </td> 391 <td valign="middle"><br> 392 </td> 393<td valign="middle">Untested<br> 394 </td> 395 <td valign="middle"><br> 396 </td> 397 </tr> 398 <tr> 399 <td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://www.vrvs.org/">VRVS</a><br> 400 </td> 401 <td valign="top">V<br> 402 </td> 403 <td valign="top"><br> 404 </td> 405 <td valign="top"><br> 406 </td> 407 <td valign="top"><br> 408 </td> 409 <td valign="top"><br> 410 </td> 411 <td valign="top"><font color="#ff0000">Probably</font><br> 412 </td> 413 <td valign="middle"><br> 414 </td> 415<td valign="top">Untested<br> 416 </td> 417 <td valign="top"><br> 418 </td> 419 </tr><tr> 420 <td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://sdlcam.raphnet.net/">SDLcam</a><br> 421 </td> 422 <td valign="top">MCS<br> 423 </td> 424 <td valign="top"><br> 425 </td> 426 <td valign="top"><br> 427 </td> 428 <td valign="top"><br> 429 </td> 430 <td valign="top"><br> 431 </td> 432 <td valign="top">Yes<br> 433 </td> 434 <td valign="middle"><br> 435 </td> 436<td valign="top">Untested<br> 437 </td> 438 <td valign="top">Has lots of cool real-time filters<br> 439 </td> 440 </tr><tr> 441 <td valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><a href="http://camorama.fixedgear.org">Camorama</a><br> 442 </td> 443 <td valign="middle">MS<br> 444 </td> 445 <td valign="middle">0.14<br> 446 </td> 447 <td valign="middle"><br> 448 </td> 449 <td valign="middle">mmap<br> 450 </td> 451 <td valign="middle">Any *</td> 452 <td valign="middle">No<br> 453 </td> 454 <td valign="middle">No<br> 455 </td> 456 <td valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ff99">Reported <br> 457 458 Working</td> 459 <td valign="middle">A Gnome2 app. Has some interesting filters.<br> 460 </td> 461 </tr><tr> 462 <td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"><a href="http://camsource.sourceforge.net/">Camsource</a><br> 463 </td> 464 <td style="vertical-align: top;">WSO<br> 465 </td> 466 <td style="vertical-align: top;">0.6.0<br> 467 </td> 468 <td style="vertical-align: top;">2.23<br> 469 </td> 470 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br> 471 </td> 472 <td style="vertical-align: top;">Any *</td> 473 <td style="vertical-align: top;">Yes<br> 474 </td> 475 <td style="vertical-align: top;">No<br> 476 </td> 477 <td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Working</td> 478 <td style="vertical-align: top;">A modular V4L server<br> 479 </td> 480 </tr> 481 482 483 484 485 </tbody> 486</table> 487 </p> 488 <b>NOTES:</b> 489<ul> 490 <li><font color="#ff9900">Orange</font> text indicates a feature not supported 491by the driver</li> 492 <li> * Driver only supports widths/heights that are a multiple of 16</li> 493 <li> ** Defaults to greyscale. For color, you must load ov511 with "force_palette=15".</li> 494 495</ul> 496 497<p><big><b>Types are:</b></big><br> 498 </p> 499 500<ul> 501 <li><b>M: </b>Motion video display</li> 502 <li><b>C: </b>Motion video capture<br> 503 </li> 504 <li><b>T: </b>Television capabilities</li> 505 <li><b>W: </b>Webcam CGI</li> 506 <li><b>S: </b>Single image capture</li> 507 <li><b>V: </b>Videoconference</li> 508 <li><b>O: </b>Other<br> 509 </li> 510 511</ul> 512 513<p><br> 514 </p> 515 516<br> 517<br> 518<br> 519<br> 520</body></html>