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updated README/TODO for 0.5.0 release
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tested feeders:
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GStreamer: using the "v4l2sink" element
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Gem(>=0.93) using the "recordV4L2" plugin
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in theory most programs capable of _writing to_ a v4l2 device should work
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in theory most programs capable of _writing to_ a v4l2 device should work.
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the data sent to the v4l2loopback device can then be read by any v4l2-capable
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application
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application.
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you can find a number of scenarios on the wiki at
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http://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback
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--- OPTIONS ---
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if you need several independent loopback devices, you can pass the "devices"
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# modprobe v4l2loopback video_nr=3,4,7
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will create 3 devices (/dev/video3 /dev/video4 & /dev/video7)
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--- ATTRIBUTES ---
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you can set and/or query some per-device attributes via sysfs, in a human
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readable format. see
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/sys/devices/virtual/video4linux/video*/
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--- KERNELs ---
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the original module has been developed for linux-2.6.28;
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--- DOWNLOAD ---
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the most up-to-date version of this module can be found at
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http://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback/.
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the original code for the v4l2loopback module can be found at
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http://code.google.com/p/v4l2loopback/.
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--- LICENSE/COPYING ---
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Copyright (c) 2010-2011 IOhannes m zmoelnig <[email protected]>

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- improve buffering (salsaman)
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- provide device specific information via /sys/devices/virtual/video4linux
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- allow device specific settings via /sys/devices/virtual/video4linux
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- allow USERPTR buffers
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- allow to use the device without streaming i/o

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