pi-webcam VS camlink

Compare pi-webcam vs camlink and see what are their differences.

pi-webcam

Automation to configure a Raspberry Pi as a USB OTG webcam (by geerlingguy)

camlink

Fix color space list for Elgato Camlink devices (by xkahn)
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pi-webcam camlink
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10 months ago about 3 years ago
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MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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pi-webcam

Posts with mentions or reviews of pi-webcam. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-05.

camlink

Posts with mentions or reviews of camlink. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2020-12-31.
  • Camera as a webcam
    1 project | /r/linux | 14 May 2021
    I'm using a Sony A7S with an Elgato CamLink 4k capture card, but it needs a workaround for proper support in Linux.
  • Camera for Streaming
    1 project | /r/linuxhardware | 6 Apr 2021
    The Elgato Cam Link 4k is a good solution, it works out of the box on modern Linux, no drivers needed. It does have some quirks with some software in when using 4k resolution (https://github.com/xkahn/camlink/issues/2#issuecomment-814083239), but in obs-studio it works fine.
  • Turn any camera into a webcam with a $13 USB/HDMI video card
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Dec 2020
    There's an ld preload hack that is simpler and potentially lower latency than the loopback device: https://github.com/xkahn/camlink

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pi-webcam and camlink you can also consider the following projects:

showmewebcam - Raspberry Pi + High Quality Camera = High-quality USB Webcam!

iOS-VCAM - θ‹Ήζžœζ‰‹ζœΊθ™šζ‹Ÿζ‘„εƒε€΄ iPhone virtual camera

hawkeye - An simple and fast USB webcam MJPEG streaming server.

cam2ip - Turn any webcam into an IP camera

sgi-irix-net-boot-guide - Guide by example of how to network boot IRIX from a raspberry pi.

OrcaPi-Config - A GnuStep compatible app interface to raspi-config

script-server - Web UI for your scripts with execution management

ScreenToGif - 🎬 ScreenToGif allows you to record a selected area of your screen, edit and save it as a gif or video.

packages - Issue tracker for piwheels package issues

macOS-DAL-Webcam-Workaround - Instructions for how to enable DAL (Device Abstraction Layer) plugin support on macOS devices (Catalina and later).

ConfAutomation - Automation for Zoom + OBS in Educational Environments