PyCA is a fully functional Opencast capture agent written in Python. It is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.

The goals of pyCA are to be…

• flexible for any kind of capture device
• simplistic in code and functionality
• nonrestrictive in terms of choosing capture software

PyCA can be run on almost any kind of devices: A regular PC equipped with capture cards, a server to capture network streams, small boards or embedded devices like the Raspberry Pi.

PyCA requires Python ≥ 3.6. Older versions of Python will not work.

For a detailed installation guide, take a look at the PyCA documentation.

PyCA is configured to use FFmpeg by default. Make sure to have it installed or adjust the configuration to use something else.

git clone https://github.com/opencast/pyCA.git
cd pyCA
python3 -m venv venv
. ./venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
npm ci
vim etc/pyca.conf <-- Edit the configuration
./start.sh