showmewebcam VS cam2ip

Yes! I use pi zero and a 3D printed case with the HQ camera and a decent lens. The field of view is exactly right for video calls.

https://github.com/showmewebcam/showmewebcam/releases

Also related: Take a Raspberry Pi Mini, a Raspberry Pi HQ camera, and install this firmware

https://github.com/showmewebcam/showmewebcam

and it turns your Pi into a USB webcam with a C mount lens.

The Pi Zero runs https://github.com/showmewebcam/showmewebcam and presents itself as a generic USB webcam to operating systems.

I use showmewebcam for the usb-capability, but I think it's possible to have it wireless.

Very nice! I'm also planning on testing it out with the showmewebcam software, which might make it even more customizable! https://github.com/showmewebcam/showmewebcam

You want to take a look at buildroot-based approaches. They're not quite instant-on, but they're tolerable. https://github.com/showmewebcam/showmewebcam is a good example.

With the composite kernel driver you can create as many virtual gadgets as you want from a single usb otg port. Lots of people have done it and documented extensively for the pi0. Here is my list (look at the composite gadget section): https://github.com/showmewebcam/showmewebcam/wiki/Further-Documentation

> So there is a market gap between so-so webcams for $100-200 and a full-blown setup with a mirrorless camera, an external mic and lighting panels that will cost almost a grand or two, if you're so inclined.

Try our free software project that uses a Pi and its HQ sensor to make a USB webcam [1]. You'll have a wide range of lenses [2] and cases [3] that people cook up for their personal use.

Last time I commented here, there have been criticisms about the quality of the lens that the Pi foindation sell. We have discovered many other decent alternative lenses that help remedy the quality and distortion issue of the stock lenses. An example of a good guide is the commonlands lens guide [4].

The software is very actively developed and we have a pretty supportive community with good software engineering practices. Check it out, you might even like it!

1. https://github.com/showmewebcam/showmewebcam

2. https://github.com/showmewebcam/showmewebcam/wiki/Lenses

3. https://github.com/showmewebcam/showmewebcam/wiki/Cases

4. https://commonlands.com/blogs/camera-engineering/raspi-video...

a quick google search found cam2ip which claims to be able to do what you want. I would focus on putting my effort towards figuring out a program that can do what you want and not a specific distro :)

You can access Camera2 API via NDK since API ver 24, for devices that do supports it. I tried to do something here but never finished https://github.com/gen2brain/cam2ip/blob/master/camera/camera_android.go. Before that, I successfully used a camera with native access from OpenCV 2, but that is only on very old devices, can't remember exact API versions. For everything in between I believe the only way is to access the camera from Java, then pass that via JNI or something like that.

One trick could be done by using this docker, and pass through your USB webcam to it