MJPG-streamer

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MJPG-streamer is a lightweight command-line program that takes JPEG frames from V4L2 devices such as webcams and serves a Motion JPEG stream over HTTP. Input and output are split into plugins, so UVC camera or file input can be combined with HTTP or file output. It is used to set up video streaming that can be viewed directly in a browser, even on resource-constrained embedded boards.