droidcam
GNU/Linux/nix client for DroidCam (by dev47apps)
ipwebcam-gst
Simple shell script for using IP Webcam as a V4L2 webcam / sound source (by agarciadom)
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| droidcam | ipwebcam-gst | |
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| 14 | 3 | |
| 1,012 | 612 | |
| 4.2% | - | |
| 5.9 | 1.2 | |
| about 1 month ago | 12 months ago | |
| C | Shell | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | - |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
droidcam
Posts with mentions or reviews of droidcam.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-10.
- use mobile camera as pc camera
- Koristite li tablete i telefone za video konferencije?
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Help with Linux Headers
I was just having the same problem today, trying to build the video loopback driver for droidcam:
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How to use Smartphone as USB Microphone under Ubuntu 22.10?
Try droidcam app from Google store + check this reply https://github.com/dev47apps/droidcam/issues/224
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Updates?
As a workaround you can use droid cam as your webcam/microphone, and headphones instead of speakers
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Droidcam /v4l2loopback device not foun (/dev/video[0-9]). Did it install correctly? If you had a kernel update, you may need to re-install.
Thank you! Your instructions helped me get the video to work. As for the sound though, the bottom of that github page: https://github.com/dev47apps/droidcam
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can you use phone camera as an input?
The Linux client and the OBS plugin are indeed open source. My mistake!
- what is the most easy way to use Android as webcam on Linux?
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DroidCam open source alternative
I think DroidCam is FOSS? It's available on GitHub.
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Smartphone as a webcam...
This should do you just fine - https://github.com/dev47apps/droidcam
ipwebcam-gst
Posts with mentions or reviews of ipwebcam-gst.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-10.
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use mobile camera as pc camera
Personally I used to use ip webcam and this script for linux https://github.com/agarciadom/ipwebcam-gst
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How to use your DSLR from 2008 as a webcam in 2022 (NixOS)
Not FOSS, but try also IP Webcam, it gives you a MJPEG stream and you can set it up on your computer.
I use https://github.com/agarciadom/ipwebcam-gst as a way to turn the MJPEG into a video device.
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HOW-TO: Turn your Android phone into the best webcam for Zoom, Skype, Meet and Teams for free
https://github.com/bluezio/ipwebcam-gst is probably the best way I've gotten this working. All of the other alternatives either had awful watermarks or had poor performance. This is linux specific.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing droidcam and ipwebcam-gst you can also consider the following projects:
obsninja - VDO.Ninja is a powerful tool that lets you bring remote video feeds into OBS or other studio software via WebRTC.
scrcpy - Display and control your Android device
termux-app - Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages.
rtl8188eus - Realtek RTL8XXXU driver
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