Comment 3 for bug 6290
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| Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote Re: No rights by default to import video from a Firewire device | #3 |
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I remember that discussion.
/dev/raw1394 should not be accessible for normal users at all, since this would allow them to spy at/tamper with firewire network cards, firewire drives etc. as well. The proper device that should be used by applications is /dev/video1394, but from what I have heard this has some limitations.
So what should happen is: the kino guys should sit together with the kernel guys and negotiate a sensible interface for /dev/video1394, and the raw device should be left alone.