webcam support - unexpected success!

[Dave Tyson <dtyson%wirralcavinggroup.org.uk@localhost>]

I picked up a headset which came with a 2Mpixel webcam from Aldi today for the 
princely sum of £14.99. I really only needed the headset, but out of curiosity 
plugged the webcam into my laptop running 5.1_STABLE. It seemed to be detected 
and attached:

uvideo0 at uhub4 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0: vendor 0x04f2 USB2.0 2MP 
UVC Camera, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2
video0 at uvideo0: vendor 0x04f2 USB2.0 2MP UVC Camera, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2
uaudio0 at uhub4 port 2 configuration 1 interface 2: vendor 0x04f2 USB2.0 2MP 
UVC Camera, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2
uaudio0: audio rev 1.00
audio2 at uaudio0: full duplex, playback, capture, independent

A quick web search revealed a video showing it worked under Linux. I tried a 
search for video support for NetBSD and found the NetBSD Video Class driver
from the Summer of code 2008 with some instructions. A quick recompile of 
Mplayer with the extra configure option --enable-tv-v4l2 and then running it 
with:

mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0 -fps 30 

produced a perfect video. I was gobsmacked! I just need to see if I can get it 
to work with a web streaming server. 

Fantastic work guys - a very happy user.

Dave

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