libcamera is an open-source software library for image signal processors and embedded cameras on Linux distributions such as Android, ChromeOS and Ubuntu. The developers describe libcamera as a continuation of V4L2.
Background
Nokia originally wanted to create a plugin based software project for camera support, but this was cancelled because they stopped development of Linux based smartphones.5
Further reading
- Folkesson, Marcus (2022-11-25). "What is libcamera and why should you use it".
External links
References
Larabel, Michael. "libcamera Celebrates Its First Release As Camera Support Library For Linux". Phoronix. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2023-02-05. https://www.phoronix.com/news/libcamera-First-Release ↩
Cheng, Roger (2020-05-11). "A More Open Raspberry Pi Camera Stack With Libcamera". Hackaday. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-02-06. https://hackaday.com/2020/05/11/a-more-open-raspberry-pi-camera-stack-with-libcamera/ ↩
Pounder, Les (2021-11-14). "How To Use Raspberry Pi Cameras with Bullseye". Tom's Hardware. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-02-06. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/use-raspberry-pi-camera-with-bullseye ↩
Brown, Eric (2018-12-04). "Libcamera Aims to Make Embedded Cameras Easier". Linux.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2023-02-06. https://www.linux.com/topic/embedded-iot/libcamera-aims-make-embedded-cameras-easier/ ↩
Corbet, Jonathan. "Access to complex video devices with libcamera". LWN.net. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2023-02-06. https://lwn.net/Articles/794555/ ↩