Questions related to webcam setup/configuration. Please mention your model/make of webcam when asking questions.
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Can I make the webcam take a picture when an incorrect password is entered?
I am using a laptop . I was thinking to have a support in my Ubuntu machine. When an incorrect password is entered, a picture is taken later revealing who has been trying to gain access.
I have ...
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3answers
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Use webcam to sense lighting condition and adjust screen brightness
Is there a way to have my webcam sense lighting conditions and adjust screen brightness accordingly?
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My webcam is not working with Google+ Hangout, can I make it work?
I just got an invitation for Google+, the video conference feature "hangout" is the first feature I checked out, and unfortunately the webcam is not working, the mic and speakers work ok.
When I ...
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Webcam Apps and ways of checking if Webcam is working
What software is available for using webcams or ways of checking if my webcam is working correctly after installing Ubuntu.
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What webcam can I buy that works out of the box with Ubuntu?
I need to set up a video conference, yet I have no webcam. I'm looking to buy something that works out of the box with Ubuntu 10.04, and as many possible conferencing apps as possible. Can anyone ...
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How to make a Stop Motion or Time-lapse video with webcam?
I have a webcam that works as a v4l2 device.
What is the most convenient way to capture either a stop-motion or time-lapse video?
N.B.
stop-motion and time-lapse are related but conceptually ...
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Skype video not working after upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04
I used Skype with this command on Ubuntu 11.10:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
But since I upgraded to 12.04 it dosn't work and I can't use my video (Webcam).
I have latest libv4l ...
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Is Logitech HD Webcam C615 supported?
Is Logitech HD Webcam C615 supported under Ubuntu?
The list of drivers can be found here:
http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/
But Logitech HD C510 is not on that list and I have that camera and it ...
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How do I install the driver for a Microsoft Lifecam VX-3000?
I have looked all over Ask Ubuntu and can't find any way to install the driver easily. I will be fine by doing it through terminal if that is how to do it.
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Take a picture from terminal
I want to be able to take a picture using the webcam from the terminal. this image then will be send to a specific directory. How can this be done.
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How to Run Pam Face Authentication
I am using Ubuntu 11.10.
I went to the following URL to download the software Pam Face Authentication
and downloaded the version for natty narhwall.
I installed the software using the following ...
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What are interesting uses for a web cam beyond video chat?
I'd like pointers/suggestions to any interesting applications that have been created for a laptop web cam beyond self recording and video chat.
Specifically, I'd like setups that are ready to go ...
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Asus K52F laptop web camera shows upside-down picture in Skype
How to fix upside-down picture produced by web camera in Asus K52F (1.3 Mpix, don't know the model) laptop (Intel i3 M350, Intel video, Ubuntu 10.10) ?
Update: It seems ridiculous :) but the ...
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2answers
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Could I use my webcam as a barcode reader?
One day I read an article about reading barcode using my webcam in Ubuntu 12.04 by a some software which I don't remember now.
Can anybody help?
What software could help me by reading a barcode ...
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Fake a webcam using a video loopback device?
I want to use a looped video clip as my webcam source in a Google+ Hangout. I installed v4l2loopback and created a video loopback device. But I haven't figured out how to write the video frames to the ...
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1answer
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How to force Empathy Internet Messaging to change default webcam?
I just recently bought a new webcam. It is USB powered. For personal reasons, I wish to not use the built in webcam that came with my netbook.
I want to use this new one. I love empathy, it is a ...
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How do I use ffmpeg to take pictures with my web camera?
I want to use ffmpeg to store images taken by my USB web camera on my Ubuntu 11.10. lsusb outputs:
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0c45:6028 Microdia Typhoon Easycam USB 330K (older)
The camera works fine ...
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1answer
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How to make webcam settings permanent?
With the built-in webcam of my Samsung NP535U3C I have the common problem of the picture looking too dark. I can easily adjust the settings of brightness, contrast, etc. using guvcview, but I can't ...
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How do I get an LG Lic-300 webcam working?
I use Ubuntu 10.04LTS from the beginning, and throughout that time the only thing that could not succeed was that this webcam is recognized but not working:
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0c45:60fc ...
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1answer
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USB Device No Longer 'Powering' Up In Ubuntu
I've run across a weird issue that I was wondering if anyone had seen before. We run a custom version of Ubuntu 10.04 at work and we've been testing some software that uses webcams recently, which 90% ...
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Use WebCam to record (Including movement detection)
What ubuntu software is there to use the webcam as a recording camera (Like a Security System). It NEEDS to detect movement in the room, take pictures and/or record.
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Laptop webcam is not detected, doesn't show up in lsusb
I'm weirded out.
I have an Acer Aspire 5515 series laptop which has a webcam built in.
When I open Cheese, it says: "no device found".
Camorama says: "Could not connect to video device. Please check ...
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1answer
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Missing /dev/dsp* - what do I need to do/install for sound input from mencoder?
Linux sound is generally very confusing to me, especially when two different machines running the same version of Ubuntu don't behave at all the same way.
I'm trying to use mencoder to record a video ...
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2answers
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Use my webcam with Ubuntu running in VirtualBox
I have Ubuntu running in VirtualBox. How can I make my in-built laptop camera work with it.
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Is there any webcam finger tracking software available?
I have been looking all over the place for finger tracking software for my webcam that I have built in to my laptop (for example, when you move your finger around and your mouse follows your finger ...
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2answers
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Picture/Video capture programs
What software options are there for taking videos and or pictures within Ubuntu (Much like Apple's Photobooth)?
Please limit one software solution per answer and include key features/description of ...
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What webcams are known to work? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What webcam can I buy that works out of the box with Ubuntu?
What webcams work out of the box for 10.04 or Ubuntu?
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Anything better than Cheese for video capture?
I need to record some video from my webcam and while Cheese works, it lacks settings, and only outputs the webm format that is full of stutters, etc.
Can't seem to find any alternative...
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1answer
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Ubuntu 12.10 Skype webcam microphone not working
This is making me crazy.
After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10, Skype 4.1.0.20 can't use my web cam microphone anymore.
I can record correctly from the web cam microphone using the sound recorder
the ...
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Is there a CLI webcam image grabber that works with a video4linux2 device?
I've tried everything in
apt-cache search webcam |sort -u
and everything has some problem. Correcting any syntax mistakes, showing how to use a "GUI only" from the CLI or a good ...
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2answers
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How can I get my Microsoft Lifecam VX-1000 webcam microphone to work?
How can I get my webcam's (Microsoft Lifecam VX-1000) microphone to work?
It uses the uvcvideo driver and video quality is perfect on both Cheese and Gmail's Video Chat.
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Can I install an external webcam successfully?
My laptop, ThinkPad R61i, does not have a built-in webcam. If I buy a generic webcam, can I install it on Ubuntu 12.04? I googled around and a blog post said Cheese is one of the best webcam softwares ...
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How is Logitech C510 HD Webcam
I am going to buy Logitech C510 HD webcam and I just checked on other questions here on AskUbuntu that it works out of the box with cheese. Jorge's response also confirm this and I feel confident ...
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1answer
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See what application uses the webcam Data
I have a c270 Logitech webcam and I just noticed, that the LED is on, indicating that the webcam is recording. However there is no application (I would be aware of) using the webcam. So how do I find ...
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2answers
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How do I get Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 video to work?
I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 32-bit. Kernel v2.6.35-30generic. Skype v2.2.0.35-0maverick1.
After connecting the Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 webcam, the microphone works fine, but the video refuses to work ...
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Can't start webcam for google video services [closed]
I've got Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit and have installed the google video chat plugin. However webcam doesn't seem to work (black screen -- no video at all).
For cheese it works but shows really bad (black ...
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1answer
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Change account photo from webcam after installation
I took my profile photo during installation of Ubuntu 12.10. Now I'm trying to change it, but I see only choices to select an image from files. How to re-acquire the image with the attached webcam?
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Zoneminder 404 upon installation
I've run sudo apt-get install zoneminder on my clean install of Ubuntu 12.04. The installation downloaded about 120MB and there were no errors.
I then typed sudo service zoneminder restart and I can ...
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1answer
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Using a video file as a 'webcam'
Is there anyway to make video0 point to a video file instead of an actual webcam? We're trying to hook something up using Skype that points to a prerecorded video file instead of a webcam.
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1answer
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How do you zoom in and out while on a Skype call?
I am using a Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 and Skype 2.2.0.25 and Ubuntu 11.04. I can not figure out how to zoom in and out during a video chat, although it is possible under windows using Logitech's ...
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How do I install Cheese 3.0?
After seeing an article on Cheese 3.0 and it's new effects some months back, it was going to be one of the major highlights of 11.04 to me.
Sadly, I find 3.0 is not in the repo; it has been released, ...
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1answer
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Webcamera and microphone not working after upgrade from 10.04, microsoft VX-1000
I have also tried env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
Skype recognizes the camera, but when I press test, only a black screen.
Cheese is working fine, the microphone is listed to be ...
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1answer
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How to adjust webcam image on Skype?
My Microsoft Lifecam VX-2000 webcam works with Skype and Cheese, but the image is a little dark on Skype. I adjust it on Cheese but the changes don't reflect in Skype (I think this was expected ...
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Video doesn't work well in skype
My built in cam works fine in cheese. However in skype it doesn't show me at all. In test skype show myself view doesn't work either. How to solve this problem? Thanks!
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1answer
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Bad quality in Cheese Webcam Booth Software [closed]
I installed Cheese Webcam Booth from Software Center to 11.10, Cheese worked beautiful in 11.04 but in .10 the image is so bad (ive put a pic of it), i like the functionalities of it and dont want to ...
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How can I completely disable internal Mic and Webcam
I want to disable the internal Microphone on my laptop and the internal Webcam completely that they're no longer selectable, and no longer available?
I will only use my external Webcam, and my ...
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How can I disable my webcam?
I have an integrated webcam in my laptop. I know that it works and that ubuntu recognized it because at installation it asked if I wanted a photo taken for some kind of image associated with my ...
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My webcam won't work - how do I debug? [closed]
My HP 6930 laptop has a built in webcam. This used to work just fine when I had Windows installed.
Now that I am on Ubuntu, the webcam does not work.
I installed Cheese, but this is what I get:
...
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What CCTV Software is available?
I would like to setup Ubuntu to capture motion in my studio and e-mail pictures of anyone who enters it. MS Windows has plenty of software to do this, but now that I switched 100% to Ubuntu, I need a ...
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Black screen when playing a movie in VLC player, just the sound is enabled
When I move the VLC player window, I can see the video but when I stop moving it, then it gets back to black.
This happens not only in VLC but with my webcam too, when I use camorama webcam.
