controllable-webcams-live

here is a video of an early prototype in action

What is this

it listens to a youtube livestream chat and moves an AXIS PTZ webcam based on chat

chat commands

L=left
R=right
U=up
D=down
+=zoom in
-=zoom out
h=home

you can specify a multiplier to commands
do this by adding a number after the chat command
eg:
“r 2” moves twice the distance that “r” does
“+5” moves 5 times the distance that “+” does

note: if the multiplier is too large the camera will return an error (specific limits here on p20)

terminal arg breakdown

node bot.js <youtube video id> <api key> <url> <debug>

eg: node bot.js Zs_P316OXxm XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 123.456.789
this listens on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs_P316OXxm, uses api key XXX…, and sends PTZ commands to 123.456.789

youtube id must be a livestream (duh)
api key must have access to Youtube Data v3 (see quota usage)
url must not contain “http(s)://“
url can contain a port
having debug not set disables all debugging
setting debug to 1 enables debug output in the console
setting debug to 2 enables both debug output in the console and to debug.log

api quota usage

this will make around 1 request per second. this can be changed by changing the var chatRefreshTimeout located at the top of the file

misc

something doesnt work?

submit an issue on my github