camera_desktop 1.0.0

A Flutter camera plugin for desktop platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows). Implements camera_platform_interface for easy integration with the standard camera package.

1.0.0

First stable release of camera_desktop

Platform implementations

• macOS — AVFoundation (AVCaptureSession, AVAssetWriter). Preview via CVPixelBuffer textures, H.264/AAC recording, native mirror support.
• Windows — Media Foundation (IMFCaptureEngine) with Direct3D 11 texture rendering. H.264/AAC recording via IMFSinkWriter.
• Linux — GStreamer + V4L2 (v4l2src → videoconvert → appsink pipeline). H.264/AAC recording with automatic encoder selection, native mirror via videoflip.

Features

• Live camera preview with hardware-accelerated texture rendering on all platforms
• Photo capture, video recording, and real-time image streaming
• FFI-based zero-copy frame delivery (MethodChannel fallback for compatibility)
• Configurable resolution presets, FPS (5–60), and video bitrate
• Mirror/flip control (macOS and Linux)
• Pause/resume preview
• Runtime capability querying via getPlatformCapabilities()

0.0.8

• Migrate Windows implementation to IMFCaptureEngine

0.0.7

• Update example app to show settings panel

0.0.5

• Fix C linkage on Linux

0.0.4

• FFI-based image stream for reduced memory copies (3→2 per frame)
• Fix macOS Swift/ObjC interop for FFI bridge
• Fix image format reporting (Linux/Windows RGBA vs macOS BGRA)

0.0.3

• Performance improvements

0.0.2

• Add setMirror API and built-in camera sorting for DeviceEnumerator

0.0.1

• Linux camera support via GStreamer + V4L2.
• macOS camera support via AVFoundation.
• Windows camera support via Media Foundation.
• Full camera_platform_interface compliance.
• Photo capture, video recording, image streaming, and live preview.