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authorTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2020-06-08 10:36:16 +0200
committerTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2020-06-08 10:36:49 +0200
commitecb65812765bfbc0def42cdb30eca31fe0fcffd3 (patch)
tree6d0bca197443ce16d749d0d8c1001966086f57ad
parentfdcd193744dbb92d3478c8e4e6c4f4336a872831 (diff)
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gnu: v4l2loopback-linux-module: Edit synopsis and description.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (v4l2loopback-linux-module)
[synopsis, description]: Edit.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
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+++ 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+)))