Web Cameras

Features

The INDI Webcam driver should support many different types of devices including:

AV Foundation Cameras on OS X
V4L2 Cameras on LInux
DC 1394 Cameras on Linux
IP Cameras over Ethernet and Wifi
Cell Phone and Mobile Device Cameras over Wifi using IP camera apps
Screen Capture on OS X and LInux
And any other devices supported by FFMPEG and the software libraries you have installed on your computer

The INDI Webcam driver has a number of interesting features:

Supports both Live Streaming and Single Image Capture
Can use a Webcam or Cell Phone Camera like an astrophotography camera
Can do rapid stacking in integration mode to add many frames in the set exposure time to increase signal
Can do rapid stacking in averaging mode to average many frames in the exposure time to reduce noise
Can take 8 bit RGB, 16 bit RGB, and 16 bit Grayscale images.
Supports ROI subframing

Before connecting

Before you can connect to your webcam and use it in an INDI client, you should do the following:

Configure your profile in KStars or other client program
Plug in your webcam (or on a mobile phone, start up the IP camera Server)
Turn on your webcam (if required)
Start or Connect to the INDI Server from the client
Select your Video Device, Video Source, Frame Rate, and Video Size

Configuring a Profile in KStars

In order to use your Webcam in KStars, the first step is to configure the CCD setting in a new profile or editing and existing one. Here is a new profile where we are selecting our CCD as an INDI Webcam CCD. Other software may have similar configuration steps.

Note that it is not a good idea to have “Autoconnect” selected in this driver before you configure your connection settings and save your c