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TripleKill:
Hello everyone. Greetings from Russia!

I have an iAudio X5 player and I recently got a crazy idea: what if it's possible to record video on HDD if a webcam is attached to USB Host? Of course I understand that it requires a special program or addon in firmware. But there are some more questions:

1). Is the USB Host's speed enough to record stream data?
2). Can I compress video "on-the-fly" or it only can be recorded uncompressed?
3). About the size. I consider 160*128 size as uncomrehensible. So I'd record video with better resolution even if it will be unplayable on iAudio - I can easily convert it at home with JetAudio.

An uncompressed 2hrs video file with 720*576 px at 25 fps is about 18Gb in
size. I just think how much I can record having 160*128 px resolution (though I want to have 320*240 or 640*480)... And if it's possible to compress stream on-the-fly...

Any comments?

P.S. Sorry for my poor English...

petur:
1. usb host is not implemented (yet)
2. there is no usb driver for your webcams

once both of the above issues are solved, you can write code to record video ;)

Davide-NYC:
I have nothing useful to add but wanted to say that *if* this were implemented it would be a stunning achievement IMO. I would use it.

TripleKill:
2 petur:
Thanks for your useful information)

No, seriously, is iAudio X5 so good that there are only those obstacles you mentioned in the way?

LambdaCalculus:
That's about it. Once USB host is implemented, and you can get a USB driver for your webcam written, what would stop you from recording video? ;)

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