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vid-1.0.1p7

get images from USB cameras using the OV511(+) chipsets

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Description

vid is an Image Capture program for USB cameras using the Omnivision OV511 and OV511+ chipset. These include the Creative Labs WebCam 3 (*** see note about the OV511+ below ***) D-Link DSB-C300 Puretek PT-6007 Alpha Vision Koala-Cam Lifeview RoboCam AverMedia InterCam Elite MediaForte MV300 Trust SpaceCam 300 (*** see note about the OV511+ below ***) The program was written by Peter Housel <housel@acm.org) and is heavily based on the Linux OV511 driver from http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/ Notes On The OV511+ ------------------- Josh Elsasser <jre@vineyard.net> has added support for OV511+ cameras. Older Creative WebCam 3's use the OV511 but newer ones use the OV511+

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Ports path
graphics/vid
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
graphics
Available flavors
None listed

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