Notes on firewire cameras and Linux

The official lirec camera is:

• Imaging Source DFK 31AF03-Z

• After plugging the camera in, you may need to do:

modprobe raw1394
modprobe video1394
chmod 777 /dev/raw1394
chmod 777 /dev/video1394

• Use Coriander to test the camera

To get an image you have to press the buttons in the following order:

1. In the services tab click 'Receive' at the top
2. Then in the ISO Control box in the same tab, click 'Start'
3. Click 'Display' at the top

To test OpenCV, install libunicap from http://unicap-imaging.org, then rebuild opencv by rerunning:

./configure --use-unicap=yes

The examples in libunicap are very useful for debugging, such as device_info, raw_image and sdl_display. There is also an OpenCV example here.