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 V4L implementation is used to capture images.
- On Windows Video for Windows (VfW) framework is used over win32 API.
Build tags
opencv- useOpenCVlibrary to access camera (gocv)libjpeg- build withlibjpeg(go-libjpeg) instead of nativeimage/jpegjpegli- build withjpegli(jpegli) instead of nativeimage/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.
Run in Docker container
docker run --device=/dev/video0:/dev/video0 -p56000:56000 -it gen2brain/cam2ip # on RPi use gen2brain/cam2ip:arm
Usage
Usage: cam2ip [<flags>]
--index
Camera index [CAM2IP_INDEX] (default "0")
--delay
Delay between frames, in milliseconds [CAM2IP_DELAY] (default "10")
--width
Frame width [CAM2IP_WIDTH] (default "640")
--height
Frame height [CAM2IP_HEIGHT] (default "480")
--quality
Image quality [CAM2IP_QUALITY] (default "75")
--rotate
Rotate image, valid values are 90, 180, 270 [CAM2IP_ROTATE] (default "0")
--flip
Flip image, valid values are horizontal and vertical [CAM2IP_FLIP] (default "")
--no-webgl
Disable WebGL drawing of image (html handler) [CAM2IP_NO_WEBGL] (default "false")
--timestamp
Draws timestamp on image [CAM2IP_TIMESTAMP] (default "false")
--time-format
Time format [CAM2IP_TIME_FORMAT] (default "2006-01-02 15:04:05")
--bind-addr
Bind address [CAM2IP_BIND_ADDR] (default ":56000")
--htpasswd-file
Path to htpasswd file, if empty auth is disabled [CAM2IP_HTPASSWD_FILE] (default "")
Handlers
/html: HTML handler, frames are pushed to canvas over websocket/jpeg: Static JPEG handler/mjpeg: Motion JPEG, supported natively in major web browsers