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Design: discussions, specifications, APIs
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| Video for Linux Two - overhauled v4l API | video4linux HQ - new v4l2 API details |
If you can't find the API, look in the kernel tree. /usr/src/linux/Documentation is your friend.
Drivers
Video: TV and PVR/DVR
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DVR Digital Video Recorder for Linux |
Freevo Open-source digital video jukebox |
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KWinTV Watch TV in KDE |
mplayer Also supports v4l devices |
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MythTV Homebrew PVR project |
OpenPVR Personal Video Recorder project |
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shalVideo TV recording/scheduling application |
tvtime High quality TV viewer |
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VideoLAN Multimedia streamer; can capture from v4l |
WebVCR+ Automatic TV show recording and management |
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xawtv Athena widget TV program |
Xine Free multimedia player; can read from v4l devices |
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Zapping TV viewer for the GNOME environment |
Video: Security / Webcams / Monitoring
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camE Rewrite of the xawtv webcam app |
Camorama Gtk/GNOME 2 webcam software |
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CamStream C++/Qt collection of tools for webcams and other video-devices |
GnomeMeeting Linux H.323 compatible client for the Gnome desktop |
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Gqcam QuickPict clone using GTK+ (for QuickCams) |
Gspy A Gnome security camera |
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Linux Motion Detection Watches a video device for activity |
Motion Takes a snapshot when a change is detected |
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Palantir Multichannel (video, audio, data) interactive streaming solution |
SCRAP Security Camera Recording APplication |
| ZoneMinder - Video motion detection and capture with user friendly web (PHP/MySQL) interface |
Video: Grabbing, Recording, and Editing
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avifile Can grab from v4l |
Camserv Streams video through the web |
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camsource Modularized, multithreaded framegrabber architecture |
Cinelerra Advanced compositing and editing system |
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Coriander IEEE 1394 camera controller - can export to V4L |
Frameworks Stop-motion animation capture tool |
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FreeJ Realtime video manipulation on multiple video layers with filters |
GLNLinear Open source non-linear editing suite |
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grabber Suite of programs for grabbing sequences of images from a frame grabber |
gv4l GUI frontend for v4l functions of transcode |
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HasciiCam Captures frames and renders them in HTML refreshed ASCII via aalib |
Kdenlive KDE-based non-linear video editing system |
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Kino Non-linear DV editor |
LIVES LiVES: LiVES is a Video Editing System |
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MJPEG Tools Tools for recording, editing and MPEG compression |
mod_video Framegrabber module for Apache |
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Movement Video Capture Text mode capture program |
MPEG4IP Standards-based system for encoding, streaming, and playing MPEG-4 encoded audio and video |
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SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) Can read from V4L devices |
sane-v4l2 SANE backend for V4L2 capture devices |
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v4lcaploop high framerate capture library |
vgrabber ppm frame grabber |
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videodog Grabs a single frame from a v4l device |
Video4Linux Grab Realtime recording software for KDE |
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vgrabbj Videostream grabber |
Video: Other
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AniToolBox Computer Aided Cartoon Creation program suite development |
ARToolKit Software library for building Augmented Reality (AR) applications. |
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EffecTV Real-time video effects generator |
GePhex Modular video effect framework |
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GStreamer Streaming media framework |
Improv Image Processing for Robot Vision |
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Linux VeeJay Visual 'music' instrument |
nexTView EPG decoder software |
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setv4l Simple command line program for changing the picture settings of a video 4 linux device |
VidSplit Video Splitter for Video 4 Linux devices |
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VTQLserver Parallel access videotext program |
Audio: Radio Card Controllers
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fmio Console radio card control (including V4L radio cards) |
fmtools Utilities for v4l radio cards |
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Gnomeradio FM radio tuner for the GNOME desktop (version 1 and 2) |
GQradio Part of GQmpeg |
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gtuner GTK+/GNOME radio controller |
KRadio Small radio application for KDE3 |
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OZradio Graphical radio and recording controller |
QRadio Graphical radio card controller |
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radiok Graphical radio card interface for KDE 3 |
rdsd Radio Data System daemon and library |
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TkRadio Graphical Perl/Tk radio controller |
xfce-goodies Includes "xfce4-radio-plugin" |
Other Video for Linux links
| FAME - Fast Assembly Mpeg Encoder | FFMpeg - Streaming multimedia system |
| lcdstocks - grabs stock data from teletext | Super Scout robots - robots using V4L drivers? |
| V4L device gallery - identify your hardware with pictures | Public service link: Let the puppy moo |
What's New
16 March 2006
- New links: v4lcaploop, Philips USB Webcam Driver for Linux, Linux UVC driver and tools, xfce4-goodies
Setup/Assistance
- radio-aimslab
- radio-aztech
- radio-cadet
Don't mail me about any other driver. I'll just delete it. Use the mailing list and you'll probably reach someone who can actually help you.
Is it obvious that I get a lot of misdirected mail?
New links
Other projects that have something to do with video on Linux that don't actually involve this API are beyond the scope of this page.
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