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author | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2020-06-08 10:36:16 +0200 |
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committer | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2020-06-08 10:36:49 +0200 |
commit | ecb65812765bfbc0def42cdb30eca31fe0fcffd3 (patch) | |
tree | 6d0bca197443ce16d749d0d8c1001966086f57ad /gnu/packages/linux.scm | |
parent | fdcd193744dbb92d3478c8e4e6c4f4336a872831 (diff) | |
download | guix-ecb65812765bfbc0def42cdb30eca31fe0fcffd3.tar.gz |
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 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+))) |