An unofficial Linux client for the IP Webcam app on Play store.
adb
v4l2loopback
ffmpeg
- On Arch based systems, you'll also need to install
android-udev
so you can useadb
without root.
If you have an Arch based system (Arch/Manjaro), you can just do sudo pacman -S android-tools v4l2loopback-dkms ffmpeg android-udev --needed
in terminal and you're good to go.
- It is recommended to put this file in PATH, so you can call it from the terminal from everywhere.
- Just run
ipcam
in a terminal, enter the root password (v4l2loopback
requires it), and keep the ffmpeg process running until you are done.- When you are done, press
Q
while in the terminal to stop the ffmpeg process.
- When you are done, press
- You can also use
ipcam-mpv
to open up the camera feed in the mpv player. You could also window share this on Discord. - IP Webcam has a web interface you can access with a browser, after you run one of the scripts and it forwards the port via adb, you can go to 127.0.0.1:8080 to access it.
- Connect both the devices over the same network and start the server on mobile.
- Run this script and enter the IP Address of the network when promped [Leave blank if same].
adb
Dependency won't be needed for this.