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
- libjpeg-turbo (use
-tags jpegto build withoutCGo) - 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
cv2- build withOpenCV2.x (go-opencv)cv4- build withOpenCV4.x (gocv)jpeg- build with native Goimage/jpeginstead oflibjpeg-turbo
Download
Binaries are compiled with static OpenCV/libjpeg-turbo libraries, they should just work:
- Linux 64bit
- Linux 64bit OpenCV
- macOS 64bit OpenCV
- RPi 32bit
- RPi 32bit OpenCV
- RPi 32bit Static
- RPi3 32bit
- RPi3 32bit OpenCV
- Windows 32bit
- Windows 32bit OpenCV
- Windows 64bit
- Windows 64bit OpenCV
Installation
go get -v github.com/gen2brain/cam2ip/cmd/cam2ip
This will install app in $GOPATH/bin/cam2ip.
Run in Docker container
docker run --device=/dev/video0:/dev/video0 -p56000:56000 -it gen2brain/cam2ip # on RPi use gen2brain/cam2ip:arm
Usage
Usage of cam2ip:
-bind-addr string
Bind address [CAM2IP_BIND_ADDR] (default ":56000")
-delay int
Delay between frames, in milliseconds [CAM2IP_DELAY] (default 10)
-height float
Frame height [CAM2IP_HEIGHT] (default 480)
-htpasswd-file string
Path to htpasswd file, if empty auth is disabled [CAM2IP_HTPASSWD_FILE]
-index int
Camera index [CAM2IP_INDEX]
-nowebgl
Disable WebGL drawing of images (html handler) [CAM2IP_NOWEBGL]
-rotate int
Rotate image, valid values are 90, 180, 270 [CAM2IP_ROTATE]
-timestamp
Draws timestamp on images [CAM2IP_TIMESTAMP]
-video-file string
Use video file instead of camera [CAM2IP_VIDEO_FILE]
-width float
Frame width [CAM2IP_WIDTH] (default 640)
Handlers
/html: HTML handler, frames are pushed to canvas over websocket/jpeg: Static JPEG handler/mjpeg: Motion JPEG, supported natively in major web browsers