cam2ip/README.md

cam2ip

Turn any webcam into an IP camera.

Example (in web browser):

http://localhost:56000/mjpeg

or

http://localhost:56000/html

Requirements

• OpenCV (default is version 2.x via go-opencv, use -tags cv3 for gocv)
• libjpeg-turbo (use -tags jpeg for native image/jpeg, but note that CPU usage will be much higher)

Download

Binaries are compiled with static OpenCV/libjpeg-turbo library, they should just work:

• Linux 64bit
• RPi 32bit
• RPi3 32bit
• Windows 32bit

Installation

go get -v github.com/gen2brain/cam2ip

This will install app in $GOPATH/bin/cam2ip.

Usage

Usage of ./cam2ip:
  -bind-addr string
        Bind address (default ":56000")
  -delay int
        Delay between frames, in milliseconds (default 10)
  -height float
        Frame height (default 480)
  -width float
        Frame width (default 640)
  -htpasswd-file string
        Path to htpasswd file, if empty auth is disabled
  -index int
        Camera index
  -nowebgl
        Disable WebGL drawing of images (html handler)
  -video-file string
    	Use video file instead of camera

Handlers

• /html: HTML handler, frames are pushed to canvas over websocket
• /jpeg: Static JPEG handler
• /mjpeg: Motion JPEG, supported natively in major web browsers