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Port details on branch 2026Q1
v4l_compat Video4Linux IOCTL header files
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Maintainer: multimedia@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-01-27 18:51:18
Last Update: unknown
License: GPLv2 LGPL21
WWW:
https://linuxtv.org
Description:
This port installs the Video4Linux user space API header files.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/v4l_compat-1.23.0_7/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/v4l_compat-1.23.0_7/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/v4l_compat-1.23.0_7/GPLv2
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/v4l_compat-1.23.0_7/LGPL21
  5. include/linux/cec-funcs.h
  6. include/linux/cec.h
  7. include/linux/const.h
  8. include/linux/dvb/audio.h
  9. include/linux/dvb/ca.h
  10. include/linux/dvb/dmx.h
  11. include/linux/dvb/frontend.h
  12. include/linux/dvb/net.h
  13. include/linux/dvb/osd.h
  14. include/linux/dvb/version.h
  15. include/linux/dvb/video.h
  16. include/linux/ivtv.h
  17. include/linux/lirc.h
  18. include/linux/media-bus-format.h
  19. include/linux/media.h
  20. include/linux/types.h
  21. include/linux/usb/video.h
  22. include/linux/uvcvideo.h
  23. include/linux/v4l2-common.h
  24. include/linux/v4l2-controls.h
  25. include/linux/v4l2-mediabus.h
  26. include/linux/v4l2-subdev.h
  27. include/linux/videodev.h
  28. include/linux/videodev2.h
  29. @owner
  30. @group
  31. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • v4l_compat>0:multimedia/v4l_compat
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/v4l_compat/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install multimedia/v4l_compat
  • pkg install v4l_compat
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: v4l_compat
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1643121787 SHA256 (hselasky-v4l-utils-v4l-utils-1.23.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 38a56997126e2585913a7b8896b9d9ade078634b62a96ba018c0d4de5f818054 SIZE (hselasky-v4l-utils-v4l-utils-1.23.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1704848

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SHA256 (hselasky-webcamd-v5.17.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 33a34f90f583a1829d1b7b00e03e5ea123e188e2560fcfb01ca1714fb6010565 SIZE (hselasky-webcamd-v5.17.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 272952 SHA256 (torvalds-linux-v5.17-rc1_GH0.tar.gz) = 9269b46a87c16941871f81057c8b82c913869eb86037b92c0bd4d5b9aa69dece SIZE (torvalds-linux-v5.17-rc1_GH0.tar.gz) = 201780465

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No package information for this port in our database
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Master port: multimedia/libv4l
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Runtime dependencies:
  1. evdev-proto>=5.3 : devel/evdev-proto
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. devel/indi
  2. emulators/virtualbox-ose-72
  3. emulators/virtualbox-ose-nox11-72
  4. mail/thunderbird
  5. mail/thunderbird-esr
  6. net/freerdp3
  7. www/chromium
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  2. www/firefox
  3. www/firefox-esr
  4. www/iridium
  5. www/librewolf
  6. www/qt5-webengine
  7. www/ungoogled-chromium
  8. www/waterfox
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Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
multimedia_v4l_compat
USES:
compiler:c11 tar:bzip2
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/hselasky/v4l-utils/tar.gz/v4l-utils-1.23.0?dummy=/
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