Kamkast

Info

This is a command-line program which provides HTTP video/audio live streaming server.

It serves stream from various media sources found in Linux system.

The following sources are supported right now:

Video:

• v4l2 devices (e.g. USB web cams)
• X11 screen capture
• DroidCam (camera in Sailfish OS)
• Lipstick screen capture (Wayland display server in Sailfish OS)

Audio:

• PulseAudio sources

Usage

Kamkast is a command-line tool. Run --help to see all possible configuration options.

./kamkast --help

Installation

There is no specific instalation procedure. Program is a single executable file.

Building from sources

General

git clone https://github.com/mkiol/kamkast.git

cd kamkast
mkdir build
cd build

cmake ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
make

Sailfish OS

Example for SailfishOS-4.4.0.58-aarch64 target:

git clone https://github.com/mkiol/kamkast.git

cd kamkast
mkdir build
cd build

sfdk config --session specfile=../sfos/harbour-kamkast.spec
sfdk config --session target=SailfishOS-4.4.0.58-aarch64
sfdk cmake ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Dwith_sfos=ON -Dwith_sfos_screen_capture=ON
sfdk package

Raspberry Pi OS

sudo apt install libpulse-dev libx11-dev

git clone https://github.com/mkiol/kamkast.git

cd kamkast
mkdir build
cd build

cmake ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Dwith_nvenc=0
make

Download

• Binaries for x86_64, arm, aarch64 as well as flatpak packages are in Releases.
• Sailfish OS packages are available on OpenRepos

Plans for future development

• Support for libcamera
• Support for screen capture on more Wayland display servers (Kwin, Mutter)

License

Kamkast is developed as an open source project under Mozilla Public License Version 2.0.