Video4Linux
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Video4Linux (V4L for short) is a collection of device drivers and an API for supporting realtime video capture on Linux systems. It supports USB webcams, TV tuners, CSI cameras, and related devices, standardizing their output, so programmers can easily add video support to their applications.
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Vinony's link graph records 177 inbound references to Video4Linux, and connects out to Linux kernel, GNU C Library and FFmpeg.
It sits within the topics Digital television, Free video software and Interfaces of the Linux kernel.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Video4Linux
- Software.title
- Video4Linux
- Software.programming language
- C
- Software.operating system
- Linux
- Software.platform
- Linux kernel
- Software.license
- GNU General Public License
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free software
- Official website
- www.linuxtv.org
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- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/video4linux
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License
- programmed in
- C
- operating system
- GNU/Linux
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Linux kernel
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GNU C Library
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FFmpeg
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initrd
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Direct Rendering Manager
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Linux
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operating system
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C
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Linus Torvalds
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Skype
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USB
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GNU General Public License
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GitHub
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application programming interface
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webcam
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FreeBSD
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Tux
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device driver
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software license
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VLC media player
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