V4L IEEE1394 devices

The V4L API in itself does not support any FireWire devices. However, in the case of some devices, V4L applications can obtain access to video via Firewire, using either a loopback or LD_PRELOAD method.

via Loopback

• V4L with Firewire camcorders:
  • using DV4Linux's dv4l
  • using dvgrab and dv2vloopback
• V4L with IEEE1394 cameras:
  • using Coriander

via LD_PRELOAD

• V4L with Firewire camcorders:
  • using DV4Linux's dv4lstart