Turn any webcam into an IP camera.
Example (in web browser):
http://localhost:56000/html
or
http://localhost:56000/mjpeg
You can also use apps like ffplay or vlc:
ffplay -i http://localhost:56000/mjpeg
- On Linux/RPi native Go Video4Linux (V4L) implementation is used to capture images.
- On Windows Media Foundation is used (or Video for Windows with the
vfwbuild tag). - On macOS AVFoundation is used over purego, no cgo required.
vfw- on Windows, useVideo for Windowsto access camera instead of the defaultMedia Foundationlibjpeg- build withlibjpeg(go-libjpeg) instead of nativeimage/jpeg
Download the latest binaries from the releases.
go install github.com/gen2brain/cam2ip/cmd/cam2ip@latest
This command will install cam2ip in GOBIN, you can point GOBIN to e.g. /usr/local/bin or ~/.local/bin.
Usage: cam2ip [<flags>]
--index
Camera index [CAM2IP_INDEX] (default "0")
--device
Camera name to use, matched as substring, overrides index [CAM2IP_DEVICE] (default "")
--delay
Delay between frames, in milliseconds [CAM2IP_DELAY] (default "10")
--width
Frame width [CAM2IP_WIDTH] (default "640")
--height
Frame height [CAM2IP_HEIGHT] (default "480")
--quality
Image quality [CAM2IP_QUALITY] (default "75")
--rotate
Rotate image, valid values are 90, 180, 270 [CAM2IP_ROTATE] (default "0")
--flip
Flip image, valid values are horizontal and vertical [CAM2IP_FLIP] (default "")
--no-webgl
Disable WebGL drawing of image (html handler) [CAM2IP_NO_WEBGL] (default "false")
--timestamp
Draws timestamp on image [CAM2IP_TIMESTAMP] (default "false")
--time-format
Time format [CAM2IP_TIME_FORMAT] (default "2006-01-02 15:04:05")
--bind-addr
Bind address [CAM2IP_BIND_ADDR] (default ":56000")
--htpasswd-file
Path to htpasswd file, if empty auth is disabled [CAM2IP_HTPASSWD_FILE] (default "")
--add-user
Add a user to the htpasswd file (with --htpasswd-file) and exit (default "")
--lazy
Open the camera only while clients are connected [CAM2IP_LAZY] (default "false")
--list-devices
List available cameras and exit (default "false")
--version
Print version and exit (default "false")
/html: HTML handler, frames are pushed to canvas over websocket/jpeg: Static JPEG handler/mjpeg: Motion JPEG, supported natively in major web browsers
cmd/camview is a small native window that shows the local camera live, using iv for display.
go install github.com/gen2brain/cam2ip/cmd/camview@latest