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Computer Vision Applications and Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the I-spy-with-my-digital-eye dept.

blackcoot asks: "I'm about to start work on a summer project with my advisor, part of which involves getting a lab set up for real time (or as close as we can get) computer vision applications. Currently, the only machines in the lab with digital video cameras attached to them are Win2k boxen, and that's only because we haven't been able to find reasonable drivers for the firewire cameras that we have. My advisor and I would much rather *not* write our own driver for these cameras; right now my advisor has the budget for a couple reasonably inexpensive cameras. This leads me to a couple questions: are there firewire (or equivalently high bandwidth bus) based digital video cameras (not framegrabbbers) out there that have reasonably solid Linux or Video4Linux drivers; have any Slashdot readers tried to build a vision type application under Linux (something that does more processing than Xaw TV); Am I setting myself up for a whole world of pain trying to make this happen under Linux, or is it doable? Any words of wisdom? Your help is much appreciated."

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  1. Linux? by ObviousGuy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What's the problem with Windows?

    Wise man say: If you need two fish and already have one, do not throw the one you have back to fish in unknown waters.

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    I have been pwned because my /. password was too easy to guess.
  2. Nitpicking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Couple == 2 (Why do you think two people dating are called a "couple" and not a "few" or "several"? Not that there's anything wrong with n-ways if everyone involved is in to that sort of thing.)

    You asked, by my count, four questions. This number is not based on the horrible structure of that terrible compound sentence with semicolons thrown around everywhere. Sorry, but mangled grammar and syntax that terrible just irk me.

    Also, why was this submitted as "Computer Vision"? Three of the four questions I saw were about getting firewire video cameras to work under Linux. The computer vision stuff was almost completely anecdotal.

    The babbling was also annoying. The following conveys everything the original did, but notice how much more concise and readable it is:

    Ask Slashdot: Firewire DV Support in Linux?

    I'm beginning a project in computer vision that involves the use of Firewire based video cameras. While we have the cameras working under Windows 2000, my advisor and I would rather develop under Linux. We would like to avoid developing our own drivers, so I was wondering if the Slashdot community had any insight on the following questions. Is there any solid support for Firewire DV cameras in Linux? Am I setting myself up for a world of pain trying to do this in Linux? Have any other Slashdotters been involved in related projects? And does anyone have any relevent words of wisdom? Your help is appreciated.