[bounty] list webcam, iphone, etc. in list-monitors

[louis030195]

we should be able to record webcam, iphone cameras, etc. easily in the same way than monitor device

louisbeaumont@MacBook-Pro-9:~/Documents/brain$ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -list_devices true -i ""
ffmpeg version 7.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2024 the FFmpeg developers
  built with Apple clang version 16.0.0 (clang-1600.0.26.4)
  configuration: --prefix=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/7.1_4 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags='-Wl,-ld_classic' --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libjxl --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librav1e --enable-librist --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex --enable-libsoxr --enable-libzmq --enable-libzimg --disable-libjack --disable-indev=jack --enable-videotoolbox --enable-audiotoolbox --enable-neon
  libavutil      59. 39.100 / 59. 39.100
  libavcodec     61. 19.100 / 61. 19.100
  libavformat    61.  7.100 / 61.  7.100
  libavdevice    61.  3.100 / 61.  3.100
  libavfilter    10.  4.100 / 10.  4.100
  libswscale      8.  3.100 /  8.  3.100
  libswresample   5.  3.100 /  5.  3.100
  libpostproc    58.  3.100 / 58.  3.100
2025-01-16 09:03:00.993 ffmpeg[23450:7179261] WARNING: Add NSCameraUseContinuityCameraDeviceType to your Info.plist to use AVCaptureDeviceTypeContinuityCamera.
2025-01-16 09:03:01.177 ffmpeg[23450:7179261] WARNING: AVCaptureDeviceTypeExternal is deprecated for Continuity Cameras. Please use AVCaptureDeviceTypeContinuityCamera and add NSCameraUseContinuityCameraDeviceType to your Info.plist.
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] AVFoundation video devices:
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [0] MacBook Pro Camera
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [1] louisbeaumont.me iphone Camera
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [2] louisbeaumont.me iphone Desk View Camera
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [3] MacBook Pro Desk View Camera
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [4] louisbeaumont.me iphone Desk View Camera
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [5] louisbeaumont.me iphone Camera
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [6] Capture screen 0
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] AVFoundation audio devices:
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [0] louisbeaumont.me iphone Microphone
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [1] Immersed
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [2] BlackHole 2ch
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [3] louisbeaumont.me iphone Microphone
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [4] MacBook Pro Microphone
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [5] BlackHole 16ch
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [6] Aggregate Device
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [7] input
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x1426314d0] [8] EpocCam Microphone
[in#0 @ 0x142630ef0] Error opening input: Input/output error
Error opening input file .
Error opening input files: Input/output error
louisbeaumont@MacBook-Pro-9:~/Documents/brain$ 

/bounty 120

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Attempt	Started (GMT+0)	Solution
🟢 @b4s36t4		#2

[ologbonowiwi]

do you have a lib in mind to do this? or we should add support on xcap fork to include webcams as monitors?

[algora-pbc]

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[b4s36t4]

Was able to retrieve the list of available devices using mac APIs.

@louis030195 is the scope of bounty is just to handle the devices list and showing them frontend or ability to record as well?

if it's including recording as well, I'm afraid it's gonna take longer as the APIs are totally different for screen capture and video capture, can you clarify this please?