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-rw-r--r--v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l2/v4l2convert.c15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l2/v4l2convert.c b/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l2/v4l2convert.c
index e8756f338..307a03ce5 100644
--- a/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l2/v4l2convert.c
+++ b/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l2/v4l2convert.c
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ LIBV4L_PUBLIC int open (const char *file, int oflag, ...)
{
int fd;
struct v4l2_capability cap;
+ int v4l_device = 0;
+
+ /* check if we're opening a video4linux2 device */
+ if (!strncmp(file, "/dev/video", 10) || !strncmp(file, "/dev/v4l/", 9)) {
+ /* Some apps open the device read only, but we need rw rights as the
+ buffers *MUST* be mapped rw */
+ oflag = (oflag & ~O_ACCMODE) | O_RDWR;
+ v4l_device = 1;
+ }
/* original open code */
if (oflag & O_CREAT)
@@ -70,11 +79,7 @@ LIBV4L_PUBLIC int open (const char *file, int oflag, ...)
fd = syscall(SYS_open, file, oflag);
/* end of original open code */
- if (fd == -1)
- return fd;
-
- /* check if we're opening a video4linux2 device */
- if (strncmp(file, "/dev/video", 10) && strncmp(file, "/dev/v4l/", 9))
+ if (fd == -1 || !v4l_device)
return fd;
/* check that this is an v4l2 device, libv4l2 only supports v4l2 devices */