Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of Webcam
- Timestamp:
- 01/11/17 15:35:18 (5 years ago)
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v7 v8 3 3 = Webcam = 4 4 5 This feature is experimental in version 0.17. 5 This feature allows a webcam attached to the client to be exposed to the applications running on the server. 6 7 The webcam is not forwarded by default unless: the webcam option is used or the webcam is activated manually from the system tray menu. 8 }}} 9 10 11 {{{#!div class="box" 12 == Limitations == 6 13 7 14 Known limitations and caveats - see #1113: … … 11 18 * low resolution (hardcoded csc dependencies) 12 19 * no support for multiple sessions per server.. 13 * no detection of when devices are added or removed? (dbus?)20 * limited detection of devices added or removed from the system 14 21 * it uses too much bandwidth (mostly wasted too) 15 22 * server setup requires an out of tree kernel module … … 21 28 = Installation = 22 29 23 Clients only rely on [http://opencv.org/ opencv] and its python bindings. (the win32 installers include it ,)30 Clients only rely on [http://opencv.org/ opencv] and its python bindings. (the win32 installers include it) 24 31 25 32 The server relies on a virtual video device, you must install the {{{v4l2loopback}}} kernel module from [https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback]. … … 33 40 = Usage = 34 41 35 The server should work out of the box .42 The server should work out of the box provided that the kernel module is loaded. 36 43 37 Until a systray menu is added, you must start the client with {{{--webcam=on}}}. 38 (you can also specify which video device to use: {{{--webcam=/dev/video2}}}) 44 You can enable the webcam from the client's system tray menu, or using the command line option {{{webcam=on}}}, you can also specify which video device to forward on the command line {{{--webcam=/dev/video2}}}. 39 45 }}} 40 46 … … 50 56 }}} 51 57 52 Versions 0.17.0-r11886 onwards includetest application for capturing from the webcam using the same code that will be used to forward the webcam data to the server, run {{{./xpra/scripts/show_webcam.py}}}, or {{{Webcam_Test}}} on win32 and OSX.58 Binary installations should include a test application for capturing from the webcam using the same code that will be used to forward the webcam data to the server, run {{{./xpra/scripts/show_webcam.py}}}, or {{{Webcam_Test}}} on win32 and OSX. 53 59 }}}