`camera.gstreamer`#

class platypush.plugins.camera.gstreamer.CameraGstreamerPlugin(device: str | None = '/dev/video0', **opts)[source]#

Bases: CameraPlugin

Plugin to interact with a camera over GStreamer.

Requires:

gst-python

pygobject

On Debian and derived systems:

[sudo] apt-get install python3-gi python3-gst-1.0

On Arch and derived systems:

[sudo] pacman -S gst-python

__init__(device: str | None = '/dev/video0', **opts)[source]#

Parameters:

device – Path to the camera device (default /dev/video0).
opts – Camera options - see constructor of platypush.plugins.camera.CameraPlugin.

capture_frame(camera: GStreamerCamera, *_, **__) → PIL.Image.Image | None[source]#

Capture a frame from a device using the plugin-specific logic - to be implemented by the derived classes.

Parameters:: device – An initialized platypush.plugins.camera.Camera object.

prepare_device(camera: GStreamerCamera) → Pipeline[source]#

Prepare a device using the plugin-specific logic - to be implemented by the derived classes.

Parameters:: device – An initialized platypush.plugins.camera.Camera object.

release_device(camera: GStreamerCamera)[source]#

Release a device using the plugin-specific logic - to be implemented by the derived classes.

Parameters:: device – An initialized platypush.plugins.camera.Camera object.

start_camera(camera: GStreamerCamera, preview: bool = False, *args, **kwargs)[source]#

Start a camera capture session.

Parameters:

camera.gstreamer