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MAKEDEV DLSR USB digital camera

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 1:52 pm
by ehsan_canon
Hello there;

How to use MAKEDEV to access DLSR digital camera via USB as webcam?

Regards;
EK

Re: MAKEDEV DLSR USB digital camera

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 1:56 pm
by DougieLawson
You shouldn't need that on a system running udev.

Re: MAKEDEV DLSR USB digital camera

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 2:48 pm
by ehsan_canon
Hi again;

Thanks for your reply.
I did not understand actually. What is udev?

Re: MAKEDEV DLSR USB digital camera

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:43 pm
by DougieLawson
Is Google and the Wiki broken for you?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udev

Re: MAKEDEV DLSR USB digital camera

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 10:27 am
by ehsan_canon
Once again thanks for your reply.
Well, indeed, I see a file as video* or video0 in the /dev as a webcam driver is installed, however I do not see the same file for any of the DLSR digital camera drivers installed thus far. Although this is just a newbie guess, it seems that video* is something like a temporary virtual video recorder.
Thanks a lot for your reply and wish you a great 2016 DUDE.

Re: MAKEDEV DLSR USB digital camera

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 10:38 am
by DougieLawson
Take a look at dmesg | less as soon as you plug in the camera. That will tell you if Linux found a device driver for it.

Re: MAKEDEV DLSR USB digital camera

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 11:03 am
by davidcoton
This might be useful: viewtopic.php?f=41&t=4394