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guvcview Simple v4l2 full-featured video grabber
2.2.2 multimedia Σ=0 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 2.2.2Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: walker.thompson@urz.uni-heidelberg.de search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-08-25 11:36:06
Last Update: 2026-02-28 19:53:34
Commit Hash: 3cd2dfd
License: GPLv2
WWW:
https://guvcview.sourceforge.net/
Description: #
Guvcview is an application for capturing and viewing video from devices supported by the linux kernel video4linux2 interface.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port
Manual pages: #
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/guvcview-2.2.2/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/guvcview-2.2.2/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/guvcview-2.2.2/GPLv2
  4. bin/guvcview
  5. lib/libgviewaudio.so
  6. lib/libgviewaudio.so.2
  7. lib/libgviewaudio.so.2.2.0
  8. lib/libgviewencoder.so
  9. lib/libgviewencoder.so.2
  10. lib/libgviewencoder.so.2.2.1
  11. lib/libgviewrender.so
  12. lib/libgviewrender.so.2
  13. lib/libgviewrender.so.2.2.1
  14. lib/libgviewv4l2core.so
  15. lib/libgviewv4l2core.so.2
  16. lib/libgviewv4l2core.so.2.2.1
  17. share/appdata/guvcview.appdata.xml
  18. share/applications/guvcview.desktop
  19. share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  20. share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  21. share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  22. share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  23. share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  24. share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  25. share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  26. share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  27. share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  28. share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  29. share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  30. share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  31. share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  32. share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  33. share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  34. share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  35. share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  36. share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  37. share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  38. share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  39. share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  40. share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  41. share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  42. share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  43. share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  44. share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  45. share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  46. share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  47. share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  48. share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  49. share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  50. share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  51. share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  52. share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  53. share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  54. share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  55. share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  56. share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  57. share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  58. share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  59. share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  60. share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  61. share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  62. share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  63. share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  64. share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  65. share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  66. share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  67. share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  68. share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  69. share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/guvcview.mo
  70. share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gview_v4l2core.mo
  71. share/man/man1/guvcview.1.gz
  72. share/pixmaps/guvcview.png
  73. @owner
  74. @group
  75. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • For RUN/BUILD depends:
    • guvcview>0:multimedia/guvcview
  • For LIB depends:
    • libgviewaudio.so:multimedia/guvcview
    • libgviewencoder.so:multimedia/guvcview
    • libgviewrender.so:multimedia/guvcview
    • libgviewv4l2core.so:multimedia/guvcview
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/guvcview/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install multimedia/guvcview
  • pkg install guvcview
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: guvcview
Flavors: #
there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1772216407 SHA256 (guvcview-src-2.2.2.tar.bz2) = 6a1b1348b99e79da957a0d9e237395a54757a09db7e0c0809f6c30668b69da3b SIZE (guvcview-src-2.2.2.tar.bz2) = 363756
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
guvcview
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest2.2.22.2.2-2.2.12.2.2
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2.2.22.2.2--2.2.2
FreeBSD:15:latest2.2.22.2.2n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly2.2.22.2.2n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest2.2.22.2.2n/a-n/a
Dependencies #
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies: #
  1. videodev.h : multimedia/v4l_compat
  2. vulkan-headers>0 : graphics/vulkan-headers
  3. cmake : devel/cmake-core
  4. ninja : devel/ninja
  5. gettext-runtime>=0.26 : devel/gettext-runtime
  6. gettext-tools>=0.26 : devel/gettext-tools
  7. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  8. sdl2-config : devel/sdl20
Library dependencies: #
  1. libavcodec.so : multimedia/ffmpeg
  2. libgsl.so : math/gsl
  3. libpng.so : graphics/png
  4. libportaudio.so : audio/portaudio
  5. libudev.so : devel/libudev-devd
  6. libv4l2.so : multimedia/libv4l
  7. libOpenGL.so : graphics/libglvnd
  8. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  9. libSDL2.so : devel/sdl20
  10. libQt6Core.so : devel/qt6-base
There are no ports dependent upon this port #
Configuration Options: #
===> The following configuration options are available for guvcview-2.2.2: PULSEAUDIO=off: PulseAudio sound server support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name: #
multimedia_guvcview
USES: #
cmake gl gettext-runtime gettext-tools localbase:ldflags ninja pkgconfig qt:6 sdl tar:bz2
pkg-message: #
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites: #
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  1. http://cfhcable.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  2. http://cytranet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  3. http://deac-ams.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  4. http://deac-fra.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  5. http://deac-riga.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  6. http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  7. http://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  8. http://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  9. http://gigenet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  10. http://ixpeering.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  11. http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  12. http://kumisystems.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  13. http://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  14. http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  15. http://netactuate.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  16. http://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  17. http://onboardcloud.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  18. http://phoenixnap.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  19. http://razaoinfo.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  20. http://sinalbr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  21. http://sitsa.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  22. http://tenet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  23. http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  24. http://versaweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  25. https://cfhcable.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  26. https://cytranet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  27. https://deac-ams.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  28. https://deac-fra.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  29. https://deac-riga.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  30. https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  31. https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  32. https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  33. https://gigenet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  34. https://ixpeering.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  35. https://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  36. https://kumisystems.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  37. https://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  38. https://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  39. https://netactuate.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  40. https://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  41. https://onboardcloud.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  42. https://phoenixnap.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  43. https://razaoinfo.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  44. https://sinalbr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  45. https://sitsa.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  46. https://tenet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  47. https://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
  48. https://versaweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/guvcview/source/
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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
2.2.2
28 Feb 2026 19:53:34
commit hash: 3cd2dfdc79862d94c71bea9e7c2418e79ac65176commit hash: 3cd2dfdc79862d94c71bea9e7c2418e79ac65176commit hash: 3cd2dfdc79862d94c71bea9e7c2418e79ac65176commit hash: 3cd2dfdc79862d94c71bea9e7c2418e79ac65176 files touched by this commit		 Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Walker R. Thompson		 
multimedia/guvcview: Update 2.2.1 => 2.2.2

Changelog:
 * Apply ffmpeg8 and musl patches by Paul Zander <negril.nx+gentoo@...>;
   add sfml3 fixes
 * update to SFML 3.0
 * Fix some spelling errors
 * Add support for OBSMEET4K by Sam Liddicott
https://sourceforge.net/p/guvcview/git-master/ci/v2.2.2/tree/ChangeLog

- Remove workaround for ffmpeg8 support - upstream implemented it.
- Refresh patches.

PR:	293503
2.2.1_2
29 Jan 2026 13:16:02
commit hash: 2e4f3d1acf813d450d775f0c2b2aa727e81e264bcommit hash: 2e4f3d1acf813d450d775f0c2b2aa727e81e264bcommit hash: 2e4f3d1acf813d450d775f0c2b2aa727e81e264bcommit hash: 2e4f3d1acf813d450d775f0c2b2aa727e81e264b files touched by this commit		 Max Brazhnikov (makc) search for other commits by this committer 
*/*: chase math/gsl update to 2.8

PR:		292499
2.2.1_1
24 Dec 2025 08:55:21
commit hash: 18ea9c71086ff8a2548e4b7c1894bf39bcf0d8c8commit hash: 18ea9c71086ff8a2548e4b7c1894bf39bcf0d8c8commit hash: 18ea9c71086ff8a2548e4b7c1894bf39bcf0d8c8commit hash: 18ea9c71086ff8a2548e4b7c1894bf39bcf0d8c8 files touched by this commit		 Baptiste Daroussin (bapt) search for other commits by this committer 
multimedia/ffmpeg: bump revision to chase lib version change
2.2.1
19 Dec 2025 10:23:33
commit hash: e033b6d31ac94cf158f8d8e54eaee66485326a7ccommit hash: e033b6d31ac94cf158f8d8e54eaee66485326a7ccommit hash: e033b6d31ac94cf158f8d8e54eaee66485326a7ccommit hash: e033b6d31ac94cf158f8d8e54eaee66485326a7c files touched by this commit		 Baptiste Daroussin (bapt) search for other commits by this committer 
multimedia/guvcview: fix build with recent ffmpeg
2.2.1
25 Aug 2025 11:33:01
commit hash: c1e1ca750be9ef9a224ef1ca3a2675d484a04f23commit hash: c1e1ca750be9ef9a224ef1ca3a2675d484a04f23commit hash: c1e1ca750be9ef9a224ef1ca3a2675d484a04f23commit hash: c1e1ca750be9ef9a224ef1ca3a2675d484a04f23 files touched by this commit		 Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Thompson, Walker Riggs		 
multimedia/guvcview: New port: Webcam viewer/recorder

Guvcview is an application for capturing and viewing video from
devices supported by the linux kernel video4linux2 interface.

https://guvcview.sourceforge.net/

PR:		288329
Co-authored-by:	Vladimir Druzenko <vvd@FreeBSD.org>

Number of commits found: 5

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