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| author | Laptander <dev-laptander@yandex.ru> | 2016-06-19 14:07:50 +0300 |
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| committer | Laptander <dev-laptander@yandex.ru> | 2016-06-19 14:07:50 +0300 |
| commit | b2e8dca73be9b59e3461455ffe3e586f43a620cb (patch) | |
| tree | f59f5b7f7866d0772cea90a5c370be8679fb1fff | |
| parent | c44d2c7d3695350a0d89fbff50114b4f5e8ed965 (diff) | |
add troubleshooting for Arch Linux
| -rw-r--r-- | README.markdown | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | prepare-videochat.sh | 11 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 371c57b..c97ef92 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ To use this script, simply run it with `./prepare-videochat.sh` and follow instr Please make sure that audio is enabled on IP Webcam, or the script won't work! -Here's an idea for future work: switch to Python and use the official GStreamer binding. I'd love to see that, but I don't have enough free time :-(. +Ideas for future work: +* switch to Python and use the official GStreamer binding. I'd love to see that, but I don't have enough free time :-(. +* make a separated config file (system-wide and user-defind) +* make another file (ex. prepare-mic) for preparing audio without video or allow it via config Disclaimer: the script has only been tested in my local installation of Ubuntu 13.04 and on Arch Linux. I think it should work on most recent Debian-based distributions as well (and Debian, of course). If you need any help, please create an issue on this project. Note: the v4l2loopback-dkms package seems to be broken in Saucy (13.10), as it refers to an old v4l2loopback release (0.7.0) and not to the latest version as of date (0.8.0). Please install v4l2loopback from its official Github repo. -Note: You can install this script from AUR in Arch Linux. It will resolve all dependencies automatically. +Note: You can install this script from AUR in Arch Linux with ipwebcam-gst-git package. It will resolve all dependencies automatically. diff --git a/prepare-videochat.sh b/prepare-videochat.sh index 9a057d9..51013d4 100644 --- a/prepare-videochat.sh +++ b/prepare-videochat.sh @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ # INSTALLATION # # In Arch Linux -# install ipwebcam-gst package from AUR +# install ipwebcam-gst-git package from AUR # # TROUBLESHOOTING # @@ -59,12 +59,19 @@ # # To make sure the video from IP Webcam works for you (except for # v4l2loopback and your video conference software), try this command -# with a simplified pipeline: +# with a simplified pipeline (do not forget to replace $IP and $PORT +# with your values): # +# on Debian: # gst-launch souphttpsrc location="http://$IP:$PORT/videofeed" \ # do-timestamp=true is-live=true \ # ! multipartdemux ! jpegdec ! ffmpegcolorspace ! ximagesink # +# on Arch Linux: +# gst-launch-1.0 souphttpsrc location="http://$IP:$PORT/videofeed" \ +# do-timestamp=true is-live=true \ +# ! multipartdemux ! jpegdec ! videoconvert ! ximagesink +# # You should be able to see the picture from your webcam on a new window. # If that doesn't work, there's something wrong with your connection to # the phone. |