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@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@ # camlet -Camlet is a picture-taking application for Linux. +Camlet is a webcam application for Linux. It features -- Reasonably good performance -- Proper handling of disconnecting/reconnecting devices, including the ability to prioritize some cameras over others -- JPEG and PNG output +- Proper handling of disconnecting/reconnecting devices +- Capture JPEG and PNG images and MP4 (H264+AAC) videos - Full selection of resolutions available from camera - Remembers settings across program launches +# Debugging + +If you find a bug, please create an issue on GitHub; it will be helpful to have +your settings and log file, located in `~/.config/camlet`. + +You can try deleting/renaming your settings file as a temporary solution, to reset camlet to its default settings. + # Building from source camlet requires meson-build, a C compiler, and the development libraries @@ -19,3 +25,8 @@ These can all be installed on Debian/Ubuntu with ```sh sudo apt install clang meson libv4l-dev libudev-dev libsodium-dev libfontconfig-dev libgl-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libjpeg-dev libpulse-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev ``` + +You can build the debug version of camlet with `make` (outputs `camlet.debug`), the release +version with `make release` (outputs `release/camlet`), and install it with +`make install`, or e.g. `INSTALL_PREFIX=~/.local make install` to customize the installation directory (default: `/usr/local`). +You can also build the .deb installer with `make camlet.deb`. |