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27 .Dd September 21, 2008
32 .Nd USB video device driver
34 .Cd "uvideo* at uhub?"
35 .Cd "video* at videobus?"
39 driver provides support for
45 video device consists of a number of components.
46 Every device has one control interface.
47 Each device optionally provides streaming interfaces (input or output).
49 The USB Specifications can be found at:
50 .Dv http://www.usb.org/developers/docs.html
55 .An Patrick Mahoney Aq pat@polycrystal.org
57 Does not support all of UVC spec.
58 Only supports the one streaming input interface.
59 Does not support the interrupt endpoint for some controls.
61 Exports the Video4Linux2 API via
63 and V4L2 lacks support for some UVC features such as still images.