[LAU] live video switching? WAS: Re: VJ / VeeJing software alternatives

[Len Ovens]

On Sat, 19 Jul 2014, Robin Gareus wrote:

> http://dvswitch.alioth.debian.org/wiki/
>
> Can switch a couple of camera (DV) sources and is OSC remote
> controllable (the website is a tad out of date, but the source rocks)

I thought I would try it out...

There is also a dvsource-v4l2-dv for USB devices... Hmm, I have a Canon 
eos 60d which will record nice videos that I can download and edit with 
any sw... I can tether it with entangle and use that to fully control the 
camera from my desktop, in preview mode I can see the live video from the 
camera on my screen... but get it to show up as /dev/video* ? not a 
chance.
dmesg shows:
[17678.621172] usb 3-7: new high-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd
[17678.634428] usb 3-7: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, 
idProduct=3215
[17678.634437] usb 3-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, 
SerialNumber=0
[17678.634442] usb 3-7: Product: Canon Digital Camera
[17678.634446] usb 3-7: Manufacturer: Canon Inc.

Anything I can find suggests using a screen reader to get the live video 
into the computer. (even for windows or mac) Sounds silly. Am I missing 
something? There is no audio that way.

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Len Ovens
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