On 6/17/07, Hou Xiang ZHU <hou-xiang.zhu@xxxxxx> wrote: > our set-top-box is a linux with ALSA system and the sound captured is > from a usb pwc driver(philips webcam). > > now for some reason we have to disable alsa in kernel kernel config. > (i.e, can't use alsa anymore). Then how can we capture audio data from > the usb pwc? > > i.e can we still insert some alsa module in kernel and use it some way > to capture audio data (IANAL, this response is for entertainment purposes only) Your request makes very little sense. Why can't you use ALSA? If it's a licensing issue as I suspect (management won't use a license that requires them to release the code) I'd say that you should consider purchasing a commercial OSS license. Any solution that requires modifying the kernel source at all is a GPL violation, but this at least shifts some of the exposure to 4front. You could also probably write a userspace USB driver to just read the raw USB stream and process it in userspace. Not easy, but this way you should be 100% GPL compliant while keeping your code proprietary. Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
