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Port details
droidcam GNU/Linux/nix client for DroidCam
2.1.3_3 multimedia on this many watch lists=2 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 2.1.3_3Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: nxjoseph@protonmail.com search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2024-04-24 15:57:04
Last Update: 2025-03-17 04:02:08
Commit Hash: e87d813
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License: GPLv2
WWW:
https://github.com/dev47apps/droidcam-linux-client
Description:
DroidCam turns your phone/tablet into a webcam for your PC. Use it with chat programs like Zoom, MS Teams, and Skype.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. bin/droidcam
  2. bin/droidcam-cli
  3. share/applications/droidcam.desktop
  4. share/pixmaps/droidcam-icon.png
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/droidcam-2.1.3_3/catalog.mk
  6. /usr/local/share/licenses/droidcam-2.1.3_3/LICENSE
  7. /usr/local/share/licenses/droidcam-2.1.3_3/GPLv2
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Dependency lines:
  • droidcam>0:multimedia/droidcam
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/droidcam/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install multimedia/droidcam
  • pkg install droidcam
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: droidcam
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1726741616 SHA256 (dev47apps-droidcam-linux-client-v2.1.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 86d18029364d8ecd8b1a8fcae4cc37122f43683326fe49922b2ce2c8cf01e49d SIZE (dev47apps-droidcam-linux-client-v2.1.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 86110

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
droidcam
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest-2.1.3_3--2.1.3_3---
FreeBSD:13:quarterly-2.1.3_3-2.1.3_32.1.3_3---
FreeBSD:14:latest----2.1.3_3---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly---2.1.3_32.1.3_3---
FreeBSD:15:latest-2.1.3_3n/a2.1.3_3n/a---
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. videodev2.h : multimedia/v4l_compat
  2. update-desktop-database : devel/desktop-file-utils
  3. gettext-runtime>=0.22_1 : devel/gettext-runtime
  4. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
  5. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  6. msgfmt : devel/gettext-tools
  7. x11.pc : x11/libX11
Runtime dependencies:
  1. adb : devel/android-tools
  2. ffmpeg : multimedia/ffmpeg
  3. usbmuxd : comms/usbmuxd
  4. webcamd : multimedia/webcamd
  5. update-desktop-database : devel/desktop-file-utils
  6. x11.pc : x11/libX11
Library dependencies:
  1. libappindicator3.so : devel/libappindicator
  2. libasound.so : audio/alsa-lib
  3. libatk-1.0.so : accessibility/at-spi2-core
  4. libcairo-gobject.so : graphics/cairo
  5. libcairo.so : graphics/cairo
  6. libdbusmenu-glib.so : devel/libdbusmenu
  7. libgdk-3.so : x11-toolkits/gtk30
  8. libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so : graphics/gdk-pixbuf2
  9. libgio-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  10. libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  11. libgobject-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  12. libgtk-3.so : x11-toolkits/gtk30
  13. libharfbuzz.so : print/harfbuzz
  14. libpango-1.0.so : x11-toolkits/pango
  15. libpangocairo-1.0.so : x11-toolkits/pango
  16. libspeex.so : audio/speex
  17. libswscale.so : multimedia/ffmpeg
  18. libturbojpeg.so : graphics/libjpeg-turbo
  19. libusbmuxd-2.0.so : comms/libusbmuxd
  20. libwayland-client.so : graphics/wayland
  21. libX11.so : x11/libX11
  22. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  23. libatk-1.0.so : accessibility/at-spi2-core
  24. libcairo.so : graphics/cairo
  25. libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so : graphics/gdk-pixbuf2
  26. libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  27. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  28. libgtk-3.so : x11-toolkits/gtk30
  29. libharfbuzz.so : print/harfbuzz
  30. libpango-1.0.so : x11-toolkits/pango
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for droidcam-2.1.3_3: NLS=on: Native Language Support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
multimedia_droidcam
USES:
desktop-file-utils gettext-runtime gmake gnome pkgconfig xorg gettext
pkg-message:
For install:
Connect your phone with USB then follow these steps but "-d", "-N" and "-S" parameters may be different for you. To learn them, just run webcamd as root and without parameters. Don't forget to Change $USER and $GROUP according to your normal user. # kldload cuse # webcamd -d ugen0.2 -N Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-12 -S 1234567 \ -M 0 -v 0 -B -U $USER -G $GROUP -c v4l2loopback Now, you can run the program and use it.
Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/dev47apps/droidcam-linux-client/tar.gz/v2.1.3?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 5

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
2.1.3_3
17 Mar 2025 04:02:08
commit hash: e87d8134a3460dff28f0c469fff83a187e9820bccommit hash: e87d8134a3460dff28f0c469fff83a187e9820bccommit hash: e87d8134a3460dff28f0c469fff83a187e9820bccommit hash: e87d8134a3460dff28f0c469fff83a187e9820bc files touched by this commit
Charlie Li (vishwin) search for other commits by this committer
gnome.mk: rename gdkpixbuf2 to gdkpixbuf to prepare for port move

The GTK 1-based gdk-pixbuf has not existed for some time.

No functional or package changes.
2.1.3_3
30 Sep 2024 14:07:48
commit hash: 3377cfa4c2e7ab8a4b29fb977588de6e9b72b22ccommit hash: 3377cfa4c2e7ab8a4b29fb977588de6e9b72b22ccommit hash: 3377cfa4c2e7ab8a4b29fb977588de6e9b72b22ccommit hash: 3377cfa4c2e7ab8a4b29fb977588de6e9b72b22c files touched by this commit
Robert Clausecker (fuz) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Yusuf Yaman
multimedia/droidcam: Fix previous patch and minor changes

This patch fixes 281586 by adding forgotten directory pointing to the program's
icon path.
Also, now it uses ${PORTNAME} wherever it's possible and replaces program's
installation path with ${PREFIX} in program's .desktop file.

PR:		281720
Fixes:		adc8361b87972451ffbfe619aa714bc2fd2fa024
2.1.3_2
25 Sep 2024 06:28:05
commit hash: adc8361b87972451ffbfe619aa714bc2fd2fa024commit hash: adc8361b87972451ffbfe619aa714bc2fd2fa024commit hash: adc8361b87972451ffbfe619aa714bc2fd2fa024commit hash: adc8361b87972451ffbfe619aa714bc2fd2fa024 files touched by this commit
Robert Clausecker (fuz) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Yusuf Yaman
multimedia/droidcam: fix system tray icon not showing up

 * Fix system tray icon not showing up
 * Change GitHub project name
 * add pkg-message

PR:		281586
Event:		EuroBSDcon 2024
2.1.3_1
11 Jul 2024 01:45:33
commit hash: 41f806cbbc2a42b16932ce9a373b6d31014305e6commit hash: 41f806cbbc2a42b16932ce9a373b6d31014305e6commit hash: 41f806cbbc2a42b16932ce9a373b6d31014305e6commit hash: 41f806cbbc2a42b16932ce9a373b6d31014305e6 files touched by this commit
Jason E. Hale (jhale) search for other commits by this committer
*.*: Bump consumers of devel/libplist

Shlib version has be been bumped in devel/libplist and other components
pertaining to the libimobledevice stack. Consequently, all consumers need
to be rebuilt.

PR:		280014
Reported by:	<fabio.comolli@gmail.com>
2.1.3
24 Apr 2024 15:53:09
commit hash: 570bd449d4b9b8e0c65b1d7d33e5c404f256389ccommit hash: 570bd449d4b9b8e0c65b1d7d33e5c404f256389ccommit hash: 570bd449d4b9b8e0c65b1d7d33e5c404f256389ccommit hash: 570bd449d4b9b8e0c65b1d7d33e5c404f256389c files touched by this commit
Kurt Jaeger (pi) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Yusuf Yaman
multimedia/droidcam: New port: GNU/Linux/nix client for DroidCam

DroidCam turns your phone/tablet into a webcam for your PC.
Use it with chat programs like Zoom, MS Teams, and Skype.

PR:		278432
Author:		Yusuf Yaman <nxjosephofficial@protonmail.com>
WWW:		https://github.com/dev47apps/droidcam

Number of commits found: 5