Not usable with 3.x kernel without vloopback module

[Markus Peuhkuri]

To be usable, d4vl depends on vloopback module that is not available on 12.04, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vloopback/+bug/811349

$ dv4l
no vloopback input device found. vloopback module in kernel?
$ sudo modprobe vloopback
FATAL: Module vloopback not found.
$ sudo apt-get install vloopback
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package vloopback

[Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval)]

dv4l is not compatible with v4l2loopback-dkms (which I think is derived from the original vloopback).

dv4lstart doesn't appear to work, either (a problem with LD_PRELOAD or the so being loaded?)

At any rate, dv4l is entirely unusable on a 64 bit machine for 12.04 and 12.10.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval)]

Additionally the vloopback module required by this software package has been abandoned since 2007. The man pages clearly refer to vloopback being required, but the links are broken. It takes some serious searching to even find the particular vloopback module this package needs (yet is not included as part of the distributed package).