{"repo":"cowtoolz/webcamize","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/cowtoolz/webcamize","clone":"git clone https://github.com/cowtoolz/webcamize.git","description":"Use (almost) any camera as a webcam","language":"C","stars":1738,"topics":["camera","video","webcam","linux"],"license":"BSD-2-Clause","category":"media-processing","readme_excerpt":"[!IMPORTANT] Progress is underway towards full support for both macOS and Windows. Significant help is needed in testing on these platforms. webcamize Use (almost) any camera as a webcam! Webcamize allows you to use basically any modern camera as a webcam on Linux—your DSLR, mirrorless, camcorder, point-and-shoot, and even some smartphones/tablets. It also gets many webcams that don't work out of the box on Linux up and running in a flash. There's literally only two steps... 1​. Plug in your camera 2​. Run the webcamize command Now your camera is a webcam! 🎉 Using webcamize Webcamize is designed to be as easy to use as possible. Just plug in your camera, turn it on, then run the webcamize command: In the vast majority of cases, that's all you'll need to do. You might be asked to enter your password to enable and configure the video device. View the list of supported cameras and devices . Advanced Usage Installation Package Managers [!NOTE] Webcamize is a small hobby project and probably not available via your distribution's package manager (yet)—if you want to support the project by maintaining a package for webcamize, I'd be eternally grateful. Arch Linux (AUR) Webcamize is available from the Arch User Repository as webcamize Building From Source Webcamize has a few additional dependencies that you should make sure are installed before beginning: - libgphoto2 - ffmpeg (libavutil, libavcodec, libavformat, libswscale) - v4l2loopback DKMS - libkmod - Linux headers These should","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/cowtoolz","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/cowtoolz/webcamize/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}