Camera Applications with Libcamera and PipeWire

Explore the rapid growth of libcamera support and its integration with PipeWire in this conference talk. Learn how desktop integrations and convergent applications can now run seamlessly on laptops and mobile devices. Discover the advancements in WebRTC support for the PipeWire Camera Portal, enabling browsers and conference applications to communicate with PipeWire and manage complex cameras through libcamera. Delve into the development of platform-agnostic camera photography applications like Gnome-Camera and Harbour-Pinhole, which can operate on various devices including Desktop PCs, small board computers, and supported mobile phones running PostmarketOS or custom Linux distributions. Building upon the previous talk "Application Support with libcamera" from ELCE-2022, examine the progress in browser integration for the camera portal and its impact on bringing modern conference calling features to Linux users with complex cameras. Additionally, explore how libcamera can be utilized for photography use cases on mobile devices using standard applications. Witness demonstrations of the latest implementations in this informative presentation.

Camera Applications with Libcamera and PipeWire - Daniel Scally, Ideas on Board Oy