A better client for DroidCam on Linux

Because the official one is over-engineered, does not work with Discord, does not work in all Linux distros painlessly and just generally badly done.

Requirements

• adb
• v4l2loopback
• ffmpeg
• On Arch based systems, you'll also need to install android-udev so you can use adb without root.

If you have an Arch based system (Arch/Manjaro), you can just do sudo pacman -S android-tools v4l2loopback-dkms ffmpeg android-udev --needed in terminal and you're good to go.

How to use

• It is recommended to put this file in PATH, so you can call it from the terminal from everywhere.
• Just run droidcam in a terminal, enter the root password (v4l2loopback requires it), and keep the ffmpeg process running until you are done.
  • When you are done, press Q while in the terminal to stop the ffmpeg process.
• You can also use droidcam-mpv to open up the camera feed in the mpv player. You could also window share this on Discord.
• You can also specify a resolution in the command line, like so: droidcam 640x480 or droidcam-mpv 640x480.
• You can also edit the script and change the options I put at the top (IP, port, endpoint, encode options, etc).

Limitations

• Droidcam itself has some limitations.
  • Resolution is limited to 480p in the free version and 1080p in the paid version.
  • Web interface won't work when you have this script running.

If you want something better, there's always IP webcam.