Video4Linux4Java: Access Video4Linux API with Java
Video4Linux4Java [1] (v4l4j) is a GPL’d java package providing simple access to the capture interface of the Video4Linux (V4L) API from Java. Using v4l4j, an application can:
- retrieve information about a video device, such as the number and type of video inputs, supported image formats, resolutions & video standards and available tuners,
- capture frames from any V4L-supported devices, which includes USB/Firewire webcams, video capture cards and tuner cards.
- access video controls, such as brightness, contrast, gain, Tilt, Focus, …
- access and control tuners (get / set frequency, access to received signal strength, …)