libipcamera

Go Library and command line tool for working with cheap action cameras.

Compatible Cameras

Vendor	Model	Firmware Version	Compatibility	Remarks
Campark	ACT76 (Xtreme 2)	r0.5	Full (tested)
TecTecTec	XPro2	-	Full (untested)

Usage Examples

Preview Streaming

Supplying no additional command will start streaming a preview video stream to your local system. To view the video use the camera.sdp file and open it in a compatible player like VLC. The stream is a RTP stream sent to Port 5220 on localhost containing H.264 data in preview resolution as AVP Type 99.

ipcamera <Camera IP>

Shooting a still picture

To shoot a still picture and save it to SD-Card run the subcommand still.

ipcamera still <Camera IP>

Recording Video

To record full resolution video to SD-Card use the subcommands record and stop.

# Start recording Video
ipcamera record <Camera IP>

# Stop recording Video
ipcamera stop <Camera IP>

Fetch the list of files on the SD-Card and download the latest file

The camera can provide a list of files stored on the SD-Card, the ipcamera tool currently allows the download of the latest file in the list.

# List files
ipcamera ls <Camera IP>

# Download latest file
ipcamera fetch <Camera IP>

Send a RAW packet to the Camera

It's possible to send RAW commands to the camera to test new commands and help reverse engineer the protocol.

ipcamera cmd <RAW Command and Payload in HEX> <Camera IP>

# Example (Take a still image)
ipcamera cmd 00A038 192.168.1.1

Limitations

On all tested cameras, there can only be one client connected to the camera at a time. This means that to take a picture you have to stop a client that is currently running a preview stream. To help with that issue the command line client will open a socket in the future that can accept commands to control the camera while previewing the video.