📷 GO_CAM

GO_CAM is a Go application that allows controlling a webcam via API calls. Its primary purpose is to enable starting and stopping video recordings without audio through simple HTTP requests.

🎯 Requirements

• SO: Windows

• Go HTTP Server Library: Echo

• Go Vision Library: GoCV

• Record without audio

• Endpoints:

  • startRecord → GET start_record
    • parameter device: Camera to use. Default 0
    • parameter path: Path where to save video. Default ""
    • parameter prefix: Prefix for video filename. Default ""
    • parameter format: Video format. Default mp4
    • registration name: <prefix>_<timestamp>.<format>
    • respond with generated name: e.g. prefix_20230208145236.mp4
  • stopRecord → GET stop_record
    • parameter device: Camera to stop. Default 0

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🔧 Start dev-server

• Default Port: 1323

go run server.go

For Hot Reload (Air):

air

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🔨 Implementation

GoCV

• GitHub

• Windows Installing

• Installation video

• mingw-w64 problems with Windows

• Linux Installing

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🔃 Other solutions

1️⃣ Camtron

• Electron port: 8080

2️⃣ Linux libraries

• Linux Video API V4L2

• go-webcam (base on V4L2)

• go4vl

3️⃣ Frontend Vue.js

• Plain Javascript

• vue-web-cam