sn-webcam project

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1. Aim

The aim of this project is to develop a light and easy to use GNU/Linux free software based on sn9c102-webcam grabber and its successive sn9c102-webcam-lk. This v4l2 program displays and saves (jpg) images, grabbed from sn9c10*-based Sonix/Microdia webcams, and also periodically upload them by FTP. Many options can be simply changed by a configuration file.

sn-webcam is worldwide used from many users and last releases can be considered quite stable.

2. Main Developers

• Christophe Lucas, France
• Luca Amore (lookee), Italy
• Tony Slater, England

3. Dependencies

To run this software is required sn9c10x driver and following libraries:

• libjpg
• SDL Library
• SDL TTF optionally required for timestamps

4. Download

The current release of this program is : sn-webcam-0.8.0.tar.gz (source code)
GUI release (alfa) from Tony Slater: sn-webcam-GUI-alfa

Old releases can be reached:

• sn-webcam from 0.7.0
• sn9c102-webcam-lk from 0.6.5.4-lk to 0.7.0-lk
• sn9c102-webcam from 0.2 to 0.6.6

5. ChangeLog

Changes: + new, - removed, * cleanup, @ bugfix

v0.8.0 (27 december 2005):
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  + support to grab photos
  + supported either native pixel format over USB:
    Sequential RGB Bayer and Huffman compressed
  + Huffman compressed allows very high frame rates
  + improved controls (contrast, brighness, exposure)
  + variable window refresh delay
  + reset camera to default factory settings
  + timestamp feature
  + improved compilation with optional SDL_TTF
  + sgml documentation
  @ use correct x, y variables in interface_capture()
    thanks to Luca Fini for his bug report
  @ add some lacking free()
  @ control keys remapped (more ergonomic)
  * moving webcam.conf in sn-webcam.conf
  * saving into ./grab dir
  * saving jpeg directly whithout GUI

More information in the full ChangeLog

Changelog of sn-webcam-gui-alfa: ChangeLog

6. License

sn-webcam is "free" software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

7. Thanks

• Sourceforge for this web hosting and developing tools
• Owner of this project on Freshmeat (imipak)
• sn9c10x driver (thank Luca Risolia)
• read options from config file (thank to Christophe Lucas's patch)
• fixed an important memory overflow on device.c (thank to Marco Comparato for his help)
• fixed 0 res bug reported by Igor Lopes Guerreiro
• testing bmp2jpg.c (Gambry from palug)
• patch void return to bmp2jpg.c gcc-3.4 complains (thanks to Nathan Hurst)
• void return bug report Alvaro Lopez
• daemon version (coming soon) (thank to Christophe Lucas's patch)
• nice GNU/GPL v.2 code (capture.c, dump_thomas.c) (thank to SDLCam Project)
• bugreporting, suggestions, request (Pooly)
• GUI and many patches and features, Tony Slater
• Luca Fini for his bugreport

8. Links

• Developing page on Sourceforge
• Freshmeat page of sn-webcam
• sn9c10x driver page now is enclosed in 2.6.* vanilla linux kernels
• LPI under Linux with sn-webcam (Patrick Zima)
• sn-webcam project statistics
• other webcam useful links from Bertrik Sikken
• Spca5xx Module allows you to use gnomemeeting, gqcam and other common used webcam software (v4l based). It works greatly with 2.4/2.6 kernels and is released under GNU/GPL license. Actually sn-webcam doesn't work with this module but we suggest you to try it.

9. Screenshot

Your can visit a demo page.
Other demo pages are wellcomed, suggest to us the url of your demo page.

sn-webcam 0.7.1		sn-webcam-GUI-alfa

10. CVS

You can see activity on CVS web or read the CVS Help.
To download the developing release using CVS:
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/sn-webcam co -P sn-webcam

11. Contacts

Suggestions, bugreports, help requests, patches and new coders are welcomed.

submit:

• Bugreport
• Feature Request

You can contact us by means of mailing list sn-webcam-devel@lists.sourceforge.net at : http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sn-webcam-devel.
You may have documentation on how mailing list works.

IRC channel: sn-webcam at freenode network

Last update : Sat Dec 31 07:23:39 PST 2005