actioncam / libipcamera
Go Library and command line tool for working with cheap action cameras.
Compatible Cameras
Vendor |
Model |
Firmware Version |
Compatibility |
Remarks |
Campark |
ACT76 (Xtreme 2) |
v1.0 rc5 |
Full (tested) |
|
TecTecTec |
XPro2 |
- |
Full (untested) |
|
Usage Examples
Preview Streaming
Supplying no additional command will start streaming a preview video stream to your local system.
To view the video use the camera.sdp
file and open it in a compatible player like VLC.
The stream is a RTP stream sent to Port 5220 on localhost containing H.264 data in preview resolution as AVP Type 99. Additionally it is possible to start a crude RTSP-Server that is able to serve a single client.
# Start preview streaming via RTP
actioncam <Camera IP>
# Start RTSP server and stream preview to connecting
actioncam rtsp <Camera IP>
# Use mplayer to stream a low-latency preview (ffmpeg and VLC introduce significant delay)
mplayer -nocache rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554
Shooting a still picture
To shoot a still picture and save it to SD-Card run the subcommand still
.
actioncam still <Camera IP>
Recording Video
To record full resolution video to SD-Card use the subcommands record
and stop
.
# Start recording Video
actioncam record <Camera IP>
# Stop recording Video
actioncam stop <Camera IP>
Fetch the list of files on the SD-Card and download the latest file
The camera can provide a list of files stored on the SD-Card, the ipcamera
tool currently allows the download of the latest file in the list.
# List files
actioncam ls <Camera IP>
# Download latest file
actioncam fetch <Camera IP>
Send a RAW packet to the Camera
It's possible to send RAW commands to the camera to test new commands and help reverse engineer the protocol.
actioncam cmd <RAW Command and Payload in HEX> <Camera IP>
# Example (Take a still image)
actioncam cmd A038 192.168.1.1
Limitations
On all tested cameras, there can only be one client connected to the camera at a time. This means that to take a picture you have to stop a client that is currently running a preview stream. To help with that issue the command line client will open a socket in the future that can accept commands to control the camera while previewing the video.