Thanks everybody so far.
I just found v4l2loopback and also some examples with gestreamer.
I will do some testing and see if I can get my use case done with that.
Kind regards
Michael
Am 06.02.2013 14:57, schrieb Neuer User:
> Hello
>
> I need to have access to my webcam from two applications
Well, I have a (what I think) pretty simple use case here, but without
any gstreamer involved:
I have a software video sip phone (based on pjsip). I would like to
automatically initiate a video call when there is a certain amount of
motion detected.
Both software packages access a v4l device. I h
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Neuer User wrote:
> If it is not possible to have two applications access the same video
> stream, that is pretty detrimentical to quite a lot of use cases, e.g.:
>
> a.) Use motion to detect motion and record video. At the same time view
> the camera output on the
Thanks for answering.
The vloopback description seems to imply that it is possible to share a
camera stream:
"How to use multiple webcam applications with vloopback
[...]
Do "modprobe vloopback pipes=2". Then "resize /dev/video0 /dev/video1
640x480 640x480 & resize /dev/video2 /dev/video3 640x48
On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:57:43 +0100, Neuer User wrote:
> So, my question ist: Is vloopback the right way to go for this
> requirement? If yes, how to get it working?
No. Video loopback is just a way for an application to expose a virtual
camera, for another application to use. It is not a way
Hello
I need to have access to my webcam from two applications (one is
"motion", the other a video sip phone).
I have googled a lot, but only found vloopback as a method to access a
video device from two applications. However, vloopback seems to rely on
V4L1 which is mostly no longer compiled int
