These patches scratch a particularly timely itch. I want to use
OpenBroadcaster to record my talk tomorrow, but recording video from a
webcam requires libv4l.
(Sorry that these are likely not inline attachments. I'm dealing with
a less-than-ideal email setup right now.)
Thanks in advance for review!
- Dave
From b1ccba1616dc77950b8495714a47d5e3f9b9eda1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Thompson <dthomps...@worcester.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 22:11:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add v4l-utils.
* gnu/packages/video.scm (v4l-utils): New variable.
---
gnu/packages/video.scm | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 9e41835..c135770 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1265,6 +1265,39 @@ functionality of the system is provided via an assortment of ready to use
tools, XML authoring components, and an extensible plug-in based API.")
(license license:lgpl2.1+)))
+(define-public v4l-utils
+ (package
+ (name "v4l-utils")
+ (version "1.8.1")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "http://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils";
+ "/v4l-utils-" version ".tar.bz2"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "0cqv8drw0z0kfmz4f50a8kzbrz6vbj6j6q78030hgshr7yq1jqig"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ '(#:configure-flags
+ (list (string-append "--with-udevdir="
+ (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
+ "/lib/udev"))))
+ (native-inputs
+ `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+ (inputs
+ `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
+ ("glu" ,glu)
+ ("libjpeg" ,libjpeg)
+ ("libx11" ,libx11)
+ ("qt" ,qt)
+ ("eudev" ,eudev)))
+ (synopsis "Realtime video capture utilities for Linux")
+ (description "The v4l-utils provide a series of libraries and utilities to
+be used for realtime video capture via Linux-specific APIs.")
+ (home-page "https://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/V4l-utils";)
+ ;; libv4l2 is LGPL2.1+, while utilties are GPL2 only.
+ (license (list license:lgpl2.1+ license:gpl2))))
+
(define-public obs
(package
(name "obs")
--
2.5.0
From 00ad398215837b64daf577024511330c1f73ce6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Thompson <dthomps...@worcester.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 22:11:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: obs: Add support for webcams.
* gnu/packages/video.scm (obs)[inputs]: Add v4l-utils.
---
gnu/packages/video.scm | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index c135770..4939194 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1326,6 +1326,7 @@ be used for realtime video capture via Linux-specific APIs.")
("mesa" ,mesa)
("pulseaudio" ,pulseaudio)
("qt" ,qt)
+ ("v4l-utils" ,v4l-utils)
("zlib" ,zlib)))
(synopsis "Live streaming software")
(description "Open Broadcaster Software provides a graphical interface for
--
2.5.0
