Python USB interface.

[Gilles Lenfant]

If you got a recent Linux distro with USB support, you could mount your USB
Camera and play with your videos just like with ordinary files.

Just try to connect your camera to a friend's windows XP box to see what
kind of file system it emulates (usually FAT but maybe another)

As I can remember (not on my linux box at the moment) :

$ mkdir /mnt/camera
$ mount -t vfat /mnt/camera /dev/usb

See "man mount" to find what "-t" options you can use that may be better
suited to your camera.

The play with your movies with Python, Xine or whatever app you want.

HTH

--Gilles

"Grzegorz Dostatni" <grzegorz at ee.ualberta.ca> a écrit dans le message de
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> Hi.
>
> I will be  playing with a digital camera: Mustek Gsm at rt Mini 3.
> Unfortunately it comes with drivers for windows only... and I'd
> prefer to use it under linux.
>
> Is there an interface in python to the USB? Python interactive mode could
> be perfect way to figure out how to interface to this gadget.
>
> Greg
>
>
> "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
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