cam2ip: Turn any Webcam into a full-featured IP Camera

This is a simple project that will help you turn any Webcam into an IP Camera that you can access from anywhere.

The project is written using Go language, and works on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Raspberry Pi.

Requirements

• libjpeg-turbo (use -tags jpeg to build without CGo)
• On Linux/RPi native Go V4L implementation is used to capture images.
• On Windows Video for Windows (VfW) framework is used over win32 API.

License

• cv2 - build with OpenCV 2.x (go-opencv)
• cv4 - build with OpenCV 4.x (gocv)
• jpeg - build with native Go image/jpeg instead of libjpeg-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

Run using Docker

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

Resources

• GitHub

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