[Trac #332] Camera software for B-Test

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#332: Camera software for B-Test
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 Reporter:  jg       |        Owner:  cjb    
     Type:  defect   |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  blocker  |    Milestone:  BTest-1
Component:  distro   |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:  relnote  |  
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Comment (by cjb):

 I looked at lightweight v4l2 players, and found that they all suck.  xawtv
 was the most promising, but it requires bitmap fonts.

 There is sample C code for a simple v4l2 client here:

 http://www.linuxtv.org/download/video4linux/API/V4L2_API/spec/capture-
 example.html

 and it has been wrapped into a Python library for *still-frame* v4l2 here:

 http://laurent.pointal.org/python/projets/pyvideograb/index.pih

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