Re: multimedia/webcamd future

From: Nuno Teixeira <eduardo_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:40:59 UTC
Hello,

I've found some PRs about it:
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=webcamd&list_id=685477

And I'm looking for a well maintained port since I will need to use web
conferencing soon.

I will install it this weekend and see how it goes.

Thanks,

Bernhard Froehlich <decke@freebsd.org> escreveu (quinta, 18/04/2024 à(s)
12:35):

> ---- On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:24:52 +0200 *Nuno Teixeira
> <eduardo@freebsd.org <eduardo@freebsd.org>>* wrote ---
>
> Hello all,
>
> multimedia/webcamd port and upstream is unmaintained and I'm looking for
> similar programs but at same time worried about the future of webcamd.
>
> Any help on this matter?
>
>
>
> Yeah the situation is really sad but nonetheless webcamd is working fine
> even with the
> DVB-S2 tuners I have. We probably need to update it to a newer kernel in
> the future but
> the v4l stuff in the linux kernel is quite mature and does not change that
> fast.
>
> Do you have any specific problem with webcamd you are facing?
>
>
>
> --
> Bernhard Froehlich
> https://www.bluelife.at/
>
>

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Nuno Teixeira
FreeBSD Committer (ports)