Video4Linux and Video4Linux2 driver


This is an earlier version of the driver. A modern version is now present in the linux kernel
Warning: Not all Finepix cameras are supported by this driver.

Project hosted on sourceforge

User space test program

This simple program grabs and saves one image from the camera. It's based on libusb, so no special driver is necessary. If it works with another finepix (modulo the usb ids), then the driver should work too.

Download the userspace test program

Linux 2.6 kernel driver

Status

The driver supports a subset of both the V4L and V4L2 APIs. The V4L part integrates a JPEG decoder (written by Michael Schroeder and adapted by Luc Willems) and outputs a raw RGB image. The V4L2 part outputs the native JPEG returned by the camera.

Limitations

  • Snapshots are not yet taken at regular intervals.
  • Regarding V4l2, this driver will only work with applications that support a JPEG input (ie not a lot). It should work with any applications that are using gstreamer version 0.8+ (0.6 does not support JPEG output).
  • After streaming, the red light on my 4800Z stays on. I think it's because the camera status is not read (maybe I need to add interrupt pipe support).
  • Only for linux 2.6. It probably needs some porting for Linux 2.4.

Cameras status

USB vendor ID USB product ID Camera name Status
04cb
 0104
 Fujifilm FinePix 2600 / 4800Zoom / 6800Zoom / A101 works
04cb
 0109
 Fujifilm FinePix F601Zoom works
04cb
 010b
 Fujifilm FinePix S602Zoom
 works
04cb 010f
 Fujifilm FinePix F402
 untested
04cb
 0111 Fujifilm FinePix M603 works
04cb 0113
 Fujifilm FinePix A202
 works
04cb 0115
 Fujifilm FinePix F401
 untested
04cb 0117
 Fujifilm FinePix A203
 untested
04cb 0119
 Fujifilm FinePix S303
 untested
04cb 011b
 Fujifilm FinePix S304
 untested
04cb 011d
 Fujifilm FinePix A204
 untested
04cb
 0121
 Fujifilm FinePix F700 works
04cb 0123
 Fujifilm FinePix F410
 untested
04cb
 0125
 Fujifilm FinePix A310
 works
04cb 0127
 Fujifilm FinePix A210
 untested
04cb 0129
 Fujifilm FinePix A205
 works
04cb 012b
 Fujifilm FinePix ????
 untested
04cb
 012d
 Fujifilm FinePix S7000
 works
04cb 012f
 Fujifilm FinePix ????
 untested
04cb 0131
 Fujifilm FinePix S5000
 works
04cb 013b
 Fujifilm FinePix ????
 untested
04cb
 013d
 Fujifilm FinePix S3000
 works
04cb 013f
 Fujifilm FinePix F420
 works
04cb
 0149
 Fujifilm FinePix A330
 does not work (1)
04cb
 016f
 Fujifilm FinePix S5500
 does not work (1)

This driver seems to support Finepix cameras released until summer 2004. After that it seems that Fujifilm switched to use the new USB video class protocol. See the following references for more information:
   http://kerneltrap.org/node/4437
 http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/video_class_040605.zip
 http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg31753.html

The driver should support your camera if the output from /proc/bus/usb/devices is similar to:

T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 6 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=04cb ProdID=0121 Rev= 1.00
S: Product=USB PC Camera
S: SerialNumber=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 50mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=21 Prot=ff Driver=finepix
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=1ms

It will not work if it is similar to:

T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ef(unk. ) Sub=02 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=04cb ProdID=0149 Rev= 1.00
S: Product=USB Web Camera
S: SerialNumber=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 50mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=0e(unk. ) Sub=01 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=0e(unk. ) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms


The difference is that the unsupported cameras have only an USB bulk endpoint (one line E:), while the supported ones have 2 bulks and an interrupt endpoints (three lines E:).

(2006/2/2) There is now a project that could support these cameras at http://linux-uvc.berlios.de

Applications status

Application
 V4L Status
 V4L2 status
MPlayer 1.0pre5
 Works (mplayer -tv driver=v4l:outfmt=bgr24 -flip tv://).
 Does not work. JPEG intput is not supported by the V4L2 plugin of MPlayer.
xawtv 3.91
 does not work.
 Has V4L2 supports, but it does not support JPEG output.
gnomemeeting
 Works
 Apparently does not support V4L2.
gstreamer 0.8.4
 untested
 gst-player does not support it. Needs a patch. See testing for a couple command lines that work.

Testing

My dev platform is Open SUSE 10.0 (SUSE kernel 2.6.13).

Extracts images to nothing:
    gst-launch v4l2src ! fakesink

Creates a movie:
    gst-launch v4l2src ! asfmux ! filesink location=test.asf

Download

The prefered way is to use the CVS tree to get the code. Alternatively you can download an older version of the driver on the source forge page.

Build the driver by typing make. As root, type make install. Load it with modprobe finepix.ko.
The tarball also contains fpixtest that reads a single frame using the driver and saves it under frame.jpg.


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