<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE > Install the Video for Linux drivers </TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="VideoLAN HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE=" Stream from an acquisition card or a webcam " HREF="softencoding.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE=" Stream from an acquisition card or a webcam " HREF="softencoding.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE=" Stream with VLC " HREF="x988.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="sect1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >VideoLAN HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="softencoding.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 8. Stream from an acquisition card or a webcam</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x988.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="AEN980" ></A >8.1. Install the Video for Linux drivers</H1 ><P > If you want to stream from an acquisition card or a webcam, a video4linux driver must be available for it. You can find more information about video4linux and supported devices <A HREF="http://www.exploits.org/v4l" TARGET="_top" >here</A > .</P ><P > Compile the right module for your device, and insert it into your kernel (Some video4linux modules are shipped with the 2.4.x Linux kernels). You can test your device by using any of the listed programs in the <EM >Video: TV and PVR/DVR</EM > section of <A HREF="http://www.exploits.org/v4l/" TARGET="_top" >this page</A > .</P ><P > Note that v4l2 modules will also work with VLC .</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="softencoding.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x988.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Stream from an acquisition card or a webcam</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="softencoding.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Stream with VLC</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >