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Use GStreamer to preview webcams
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gstreamerPreviewWebcam.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Show a webcam that delivers video 1920x1080 MJPG on screen
VELEM="v4l2src device=/dev/video0"
VCAPS="image/jpeg, width=1920, height=1080, framerate=30/1"
VSOURCE="$VELEM ! $VCAPS"
VIDEO_SINK="videoconvert ! videoscale ! xvimagesink sync=false"
VIDEO_DECODE="jpegparse ! jpegdec"
# echo is just for debugging purposes
echo gst-launch-1.0 -vvv \
$VSOURCE \
! $VIDEO_DECODE \
! $VIDEO_SINK
gst-launch-1.0 -vvv \
$VSOURCE \
! $VIDEO_DECODE \
! $VIDEO_SINK
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