cam2ip

cam2ip

Turn any webcam into an IP camera.

Example (in web browser):

http://localhost:56000/html

or

http://localhost:56000/mjpeg

You can also use apps like ffplay or vlc:

ffplay -i http://localhost:56000/mjpeg

Requirements

• On Linux/RPi native Go Video4Linux (V4L) implementation is used to capture images.
• On Windows Media Foundation is used (or Video for Windows with the vfw build tag).
• On macOS AVFoundation is used over purego, no cgo required.

Build tags

• vfw - on Windows, use Video for Windows to access camera instead of the default Media Foundation
• libjpeg - build with libjpeg (go-libjpeg) instead of native image/jpeg

Download

Download the latest binaries from the releases.

Installation

go install github.com/gen2brain/cam2ip/cmd/cam2ip@latest

This command will install cam2ip in GOBIN, you can point GOBIN to e.g. /usr/local/bin or ~/.local/bin.

Usage

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Handlers

• /html: HTML handler, frames are pushed to canvas over websocket
• /jpeg: Static JPEG handler
• /mjpeg: Motion JPEG, supported natively in major web browsers

camview

cmd/camview is a small native window that shows the local camera live, using iv for display.

go install github.com/gen2brain/cam2ip/cmd/camview@latest