vidip: Turn a surveillance IP camera into a web camera

Use Video4Linux and GStreamer to turn a surveillance IP camera into a web camera for use with Teams and Skype etc.

• This script is intended for Linux systems.
• Currently supports Axis as vendor.

Requirements

These Video4Linux and GStreamer packages:

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install v4l-utils v4l2loopback-dkms gstreamer1.0-tools

Fedora:

sudo dnf install v4l-utils akmod-v4l2loopback gstreamer1-plugins-base

Install

To install the script run (as root):

make install

Usage

Set environment credentials: CAMERA_USER and CAMERA_PASS

Usage: ./vidip.sh [options] <IP_ADDRESS or last 3 digits>
Options:
  -l, --load     Load a new v4l2loopback device
  -u, --unload   Unload all v4l2loopback devices with 'v4l2-ip-camera-*' labels
  -c, --check    Check and list all loaded v4l2-ip-camera v4l2loopback devices
  -h, --help     Show this help message
  -v, --version  Show script version

Examples:
  ./vidip.sh -l           # Adds a new /dev/videoX labeled v4l2-ip-camera-X
  ./vidip.sh 192.168.0.90 # Streams from that IP into the first free v4l2-ip-camera device
  ./vidip.sh 90           # Same as above, but uses default IP prefix: 192.168.0.90

Test it here: https://webcamtests.com/
Or locally with ffplay /dev/video0

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