linux-kernel - Re: support autofocus / autogain in libv4l2

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Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:51:11 -0400
From:   Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas@...fresne.ca>
To:     Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>, sre@...nel.org,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, tony@...mide.com, khilman@...nel.org,
        aaro.koskinen@....fi, ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com,
        patrikbachan@...il.com, serge@...lyn.com, abcloriens@...il.com,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: support autofocus / autogain in libv4l2

Le mardi 25 avril 2017 à 10:08 +0200, Pali Rohár a écrit :
> On Tuesday 25 April 2017 10:05:38 Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > > It would be nice if more than one application could be
> > > > accessing the
> > > > camera at the same time... (I.e. something graphical running
> > > > preview
> > > > then using command line tool to grab a picture.) This one is
> > > > definitely not solveable inside a library...
> > > 
> > > Someone once suggested to have something like pulseaudio for V4L.
> > > For such usage, a server would be interesting. Yet, I would code
> > > it
> > > in a way that applications using libv4l will talk with such
> > > daemon
> > > in a transparent way.
> > 
> > Yes, we need something like pulseaudio for V4L. And yes, we should
> > make it transparent for applications using libv4l.
> 
> IIRC there is already some effort in writing such "video" server
> which
> would support accessing more application into webcam video, like
> pulseaudio server for accessing more applications to microphone
> input.
> 

Because references are nice:

https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2015/06/30/introducing-pulse-video/
https://gstconf.ubicast.tv/videos/camera-sharing-and-sandboxing-with-pinos/

And why the internals are not going to be implemented using GStreamer in the end:
https://gstconf.ubicast.tv/videos/keep-calm-and-refactor-about-the-essence-of-gstreamer/

regards,
Nicolas
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