dcamctl 0.4.3

dcamctl is a command line tool to use an android device connected over USB as a webcam.

Security

• Update dependencies to fix CVE-2021-45710, CVE-2022-24713.

dcamctl 0.4.2

dcamctl is a command line tool to use an android device connected over USB as a webcam.

Changes

• --version output now shows more build information and the default location of the configuration file.

dcamctl 0.4.1

dcamctl is a command line tool to use an android device connected over USB as a webcam.

Packaging

• fix documentation: dcamctl is licensed under the Apache License v2.0 only.

Features

• New --no-echo-cancel/-C option to force disable echo-canceling.

dcamctl 0.4.0

dcamctl is a command line tool to use an android device connected over USB as a webcam.

Packaging

• The Minimum Supported Gstreamer Version is now 1.10.
• Building dcamctl now requires the development headers for gstreamer-video (libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev on Ubuntu, gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel on Fedora).

Features

• New --flip/-f <horizontal|vertical|none> option to horizontally/vertically mirror the video. This can also be controlled from the terminal with the f key.

dcamctl 0.3.1

dcamctl is a command line tool to use an android device connected over USB as a webcam.

Security

• update dependencies to fix RUSTSEC-2021-0078, RUSTSEC-2021-0079, and RUSTSEC-2021-0072.

dcamctl 0.3.0

dcamctl is a command line tool to use an android device connected over USB as a webcam.

Packaging

• The Minimum Supported Rust Version is now 1.51.

Added

• The IP Webcam Android application can now be controlled from the terminal if dcamctl detects support. Available controls are:
  zoom in/out with z/Z, quality up/down with t/T and panning with direction keys.
• The resolution option supports the new value auto, in which the video resolution is automatically detected by querying the IP Webcam application, with a fallback to 640x480.

Changed

• The default value for resolution is now auto.

dcamctl 0.2.1

Added

• Support for echo-cancellation on PipeWire 0.3.30+.

dcamctl 0.2.0

Packaging

• Removed dependency on the pulseaudio pacmd cli tool.

Added

• Support for PipeWire, using its pulseaudio interface. Echo-cancellation is disabled when using PipeWire, since it doesn't support it yet.
• New --no-audio/-n option to disable audio setup.

Changed

• Closing dcamctl is now done with <Ctrl-C> instead of <Enter>.

Fixed

• Killing the process used to leave things in a inconsistent state. It now cleans things up properly when sent SIGINT or SIGTERM.

dcamctl 0.1.1

Added

• Support for a configuration file at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dcamctl/config.yml to set the device, port and resolution, with a --config option to override its location.

dcamctl 0.1.0

Added

• Initial support for audio and video. Only USB-connected devices are supported.
• New --device/-d option to change the v4l2loopback video device to use.
• New --port/p option to change the local port to forward between the device and the loopback interface with adb.
• New --resolution/r option to change the resolution.