From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:39854 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752406AbZHLO3Q (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:29:16 -0400 Message-ID: <4A82D2F1.3060800@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:34:25 +0200 From: Hans de Goede MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ronny Brendel CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Decoding pac207 References: <200908081157.51749.ronnybrendel@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200908081157.51749.ronnybrendel@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, On 08/08/2009 11:57 AM, Ronny Brendel wrote: > Hello, > I am currently fiddling some around with capturing pictures from a very cheap > webcam. > Unfortunately that webcam uses the rare codec pac207. > > Does a decoder (as source) or a description of the codec exist? > Or can you please give a hint where to search? > Well you can use libv4l, and that will do the decoding for you, or you can lift the decoding code from there: http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/3636.html http://people.atrpms.net/~hdegoede/libv4l-0.6.1-test.tar.gz Regards, Hans