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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/linux.scm | 18 |
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm index 7785b6931e..de28d4a6e6 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm @@ -1150,14 +1150,16 @@ supported under @file{/sys/class/backlight/}.") "1qi4l6yam8nrlmc3zwkrz9vph0xsj1cgmkqci4652mbpbzigg7vn")))) (build-system linux-module-build-system) (home-page "https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback") - (synopsis "Linux kernel module that allows you to create \"virtual video devices\"") - (description "This module allows you to create \"virtual video devices\" -normal (v4l2) applications will read these devices as if they were ordinary -video devices, but the video will not be read from e.g. a capture card but -instead it is generated by another application. this allows you for instance -to apply some nifty video effects on your Jitsi video... it also allows some -more serious things (e.g. using it to add streaming capabilities to an -application by the means of hooking GStreamer into the loopback devices).") + (synopsis "Linux kernel module to create virtual V4L2 video devices") + (description + "This Linux module creates virtual video devices. @acronym{V4L2, Video +for Linux 2} applications will treat these as ordinary video devices but read +video data generated by another application, instead of a hardware device such +as a capture card. + +This lets you apply nifty effects to your Jitsi video, for example, but also +allows some more serious things like adding streaming capabilities to an +application by hooking GStreamer into the loopback device.") (license license:gpl2+))) |