FastCamera 0.1.0 [ALPHA-2026-05-17] — Ultra-Fast Native Camera Capture for Java

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📸 The high-performance native camera module for the FastJava ecosystem. Hardware-accelerated capture via MediaFoundation, WinRT, and DirectShow with SIMD color conversion.

FastCamera brings real hardware-accelerated camera capture to Java. By bypassing standard slow APIs and using direct native pipelines, it achieves ultra-low latency 1080p@60fps capture with SIMD-accelerated YUV→RGBA conversion.

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Quick Start

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastCamera.git

# Build the native bridge
cd FastCamera
.\compile.bat

# Launch the CameraDemo
.\run-demo.bat

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Table of Contents

• Features
• Quick Start
• Installation
• Build from Source
• License

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Features

• 🎥 Triple Backend: Support for MediaFoundation, WinRT, and DirectShow.
• ⚙️ SIMD Accelerated: YUV→RGBA conversion via AVX2 and SSE4.2.
• 📥 Zero-Copy Streaming: Direct access to native buffers via DirectByteBuffer.
• ⏱️ Ultra-Low Latency: Async native callbacks for real-time vision applications.

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Installation

Option 1: Maven (Recommended)

Add the JitPack repository and the dependencies to your pom.xml:

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>jitpack.io</id>
        <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependencies>
<!-- FastCamera Library -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.andrestubbe</groupId>
    <artifactId>fastcamera</artifactId>
    <version>0.1.0</version>
</dependency>

<!-- FastCore (Required Native Loader) -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.andrestubbe</groupId>
    <artifactId>fastcore</artifactId>
    <version>0.1.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>

Option 2: Gradle (via JitPack)

repositories {
    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.andrestubbe:fastcamera:0.1.0'
    implementation 'com.github.andrestubbe:fastcore:0.1.0'
}

Option 3: Direct Download (No Build Tool)

Download the latest JARs directly to add them to your classpath:

1. 📦 fastcamera-0.1.0.jar (The Core Library)
2. ⚙️ fastcore-0.1.0.jar (The Mandatory Native Loader)

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Documentation

• COMPILE.md: Full compilation guide (MSVC C++17 build chain + JNI Setup).
• REFERENCE.md: Full API descriptions, border configurations, and codepoint index.
• PHILOSOPHY.md: The engineering rationale for zero-allocation performance.
• ROADMAP.md: Future milestones and planned features.

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Platform Support

Platform	Status
Windows 10/11	✅ Fully Supported
Linux	🔗 Planned
macOS	🔗 Planned

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License

MIT License See LICENSE file for details.

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• FastCore - Unified JNI loader and platform abstraction

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Part of the FastJava Ecosystem — Making the JVM faster. Small package. Maximum speed. Zero bloat. 🚀📋