raw2webcam(1)

raw2webcam1

Supply an ftp/http based webcam with images from a raw dv stream

Usage

raw2webcam [options]

Overview

raw2webcam connects a Raw DV stream to an FTP/HTTP based webcam.

Options

-s server

FTP server to connect to.

-s user

FTP user to connect to.

-s password

Password for FTP user.

-r real-file

Real filename used by the HTML user of the image (default: kino.jpeg).

-t temp-file

Temp file to use on the server while deposting the image (default: kino.tmp).

-l local-temp-file

Temp file to use on the local system (default: /tmp/kino.jpeg).

-f frames-per-second

Floating point number indicates the frames per second to send (default: 1).

-w width

Width of image sent (default: 160).

-h height

Height of image sent (default: 144).

-q quality

Quality of image sent - applies to jpeg and png (default: 80).

-d

Turn deinterlacing off (default: on).

Options

--help

Show help message.

Examples

Feed from your cam:

dvconnect -- |
raw2webcam -s ftp.server -u user -p password

Feed from a smil project:

smil2raw project.smil |
raw2webcam -s ftp.server -u user -p password

Feed from a selected X Window (.. umm...):

xwd2raw -s |
raw2webcam -s ftp.server -u user -p pasword

Need some html to handle it? Javascript solution supplied.

Releases

Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

  1. 3.1–6.0

Availability

See http://kino.schirmacher.de/ for the latest version.

Authors

raw2webcam was written by Charles Yates <[email protected]>.

From smilutils 0.3.2+cvs20070731-4.2 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.