Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

Ben Hutchings ben at decadent.org.uk
Wed Feb 10 00:33:34 UTC 2010


Package: libvideo-capture-v4l-perl
Version: 0.902-1
Severity: serious

The V4L1 API is obsolete and does not work with most new V4L drivers.
You can use libv4l as an emulation layer; see
<http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/3636.html>.

Ben.

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