v4l2tools

This is simple V4L2 tools based on libv4l2cpp

Dependencies

• liblog4cpp5-dev (optional)
• libvpx-dev (for v4l2compress)
• libx264-dev (for v4l2compress)
• libx265-dev (for v4l2compress)
• libjpeg-dev (for v4l2compress & v4l2uncompress_jpeg)

Tools

• v4l2copy :

read from a V4L2 capture device and write to a V4L2 output device

• v4l2convert_YUV :

read an YUV format from a V4L2 capture device, convert to an other YUV format and write to a V4L2 output device

• v4l2compress :

read YUV from a V4L2 capture device, compress in VP8/VP9/H264/HEVC/JPEG format and write to a V4L2 output device

• v4l2uncompress_jpeg :

read JPEG format from a V4L2 capture device, uncompress in JPEG format using libjpeg and write to a V4L2 output device

• v4l2dump :

read from a V4L2 capture device and print to output frame information (work with H264 & HEVC)

• v4l2source_yuv :

generate YUYV frames and write to a V4L2 output device

Tools for Raspberry

• v4l2grab_h264 :

grab raspberry pi screen, compress in H264 format using OMX and write to a V4L2 output device

• v4l2display_h264 :

read H264 from V4L2 capture device, uncompress and display using OMX

• v4l2compress_omx :

read YUV from a V4L2 capture device, compress in H264 format using OMX and write to a V4L2 output device

Build

 make

Install

 make install