Questions tagged [camera]

A camera is a device that captures light and digitally turns the captured light into images that can be transferred to your computer. This tag applies to digital handheld cameras; use the "webcam" tag for a webcam instead.

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Problems with using camera applications (cheese, kamoso and obs studio)

I open cheese, and the camera shows the live feed, which then gets stuck on a single frame and stops capturing anything after. When I switch to video, it starts working and as soon as I start the ...
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Transferring pictures Android to Shotwell photos error issue

When I plug in my Samsung Galaxy A23 via usb and try to download pictures to Shotwell, I get the following error message: "The camera is locked by another application. Please close any other ...
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Integrated Camera not working

My integrated camera on my Asus Laptop is not working. When I open an application like Cheese, it shows "no device found". Integrated Camera: Sonix Technology Co., Ltd. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam ...
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Cheese camera glitching

On my Lenovo Ideapad 3 14ITL05, my cheese camera is glitching. Like it just works for a second and starts to replay one part like im moving my hand in the second and i stopped moving my hand and on ...
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Built in camera not recognized

I installed Ubuntu 22.04 in ThinkPad X1 Carbon and when I open cheese it shows "No device found". I don't think that the problem is Cheese, because when searching for a camera via terminal, ...
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Best software for taking photos when motion is detected in a camera stream? [closed]

I'm searching for a Linux friendly software for security cameras, I'm using Mint Victoria. I need a software that can read both webcams and IP network cameras without being too complex to use. ...
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Acer Swift SF314-43 model laptop with the Ubuntu 22.04 operating system. camera is not functioning, and I'm receiving a "no device found"

I'm using an Acer Swift SF314-43 model laptop with the Ubuntu 22.04 operating system. The issue I'm encountering is that my camera is not functioning, and I'm receiving a no device found error. The ...
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Dell G15 Integrated Camera is not working with Ubuntu 22.04

On Ubuntu 22.04, Kernel 6.5.0-21-generic - the integrated camera does not work. This hasn't worked since I updated from Ubuntu 20.04 last year March. Cheese shows "No device found" Any idea ...
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ubuntu 23.10 on macbook pro 2015 15" camera problem

CAMERA NOT WORKING there is no driver on my device to make camera works properly and I don't have any knowledge about where to find drivers for Ubuntu 23.10 I am using MacBook pro 2015 15" if ...
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Camera Timestamp Glitching error

Recently my camera on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (64 bit) started to have problems. The camera would repeat frames and ultimately not show any newer frames than the snippet at the beginning. The program I was ...
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Is it possible to make the lock screen's background a feed from the front-facing camera?

People tend to behave better when they know they're being watched, even by a machine. To deter people screwing with my desk, is it possible to have the lock screen background be a (blurred) camera ...
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Why camera not showing on Qt app using libvlc on virtualbox

My camera is not showing up on the Qt app by using the libvlc on the Virtualbox. I'm getting the below error when I debug that the camera can't show on the Qt app. [00007fe3b8098480] main video output ...
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Cannot find USB camera index with VideoCapture() OpenCV

I'm trying to connect a GoPro 10 to RPi5 and work with OpenCV library. I'm having issues to find "camera index" in order to create VideoCamera object. I followed https://github.com/jschmid1/...
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Camera ip with Ubuntu server

I'm new to this. I would like to know if it's possible to view an IP camera on Ubuntu server as if it were a Network Video Recorder (NVR), just for viewing. I want it to be visible on the same device ...
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Looking for embedded Ubuntu for a headless device with a camera and network

I'm prototyping a device with a high frame rate USB3 camera (Allied Vision), which has a proprietary Linux driver. Testing it on Ubuntu Desktop shows occasional glitches. This is probably due to a ...
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Configure bosch cameras through Ubuntu

I am trying to configure Bosch network cameras,my OS is Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. On Windows systems, Bosch provides a software called Configuration Manager, through which cameras can be initialized (...
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Unable to find and use integrated webcam on Ubuntu 23.10

I am unable to use my integrated webcam of my laptop(Note:- It is not broken as it works on windows 11 in my dual boot). as per a question in community I tried to unable connectivity use sudo modprobe ...
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Integrate B&W & color cameras

I have a T14 Thinkpad with "Hybrid Infrared (IR) & HD720p with ThinkShutter". That is, it actually has 2 cameras. One for B&W and one for color. Same as in mobile phones. The builtin ...
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no dev/video0 Ubuntu 22.04.3 mac-2015

i cannot capture no photo/video errors thrown by cheese: (cheese:30514): cheese-CRITICAL **: 22:47:19.015: cheese_camera_device_get_name: assertion 'CHEESE_IS_CAMERA_DEVICE (device)' failed (cheese:...
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Camera Module 3 not working on Ubuntu Raspberry Pi

I have a Raspberry pi 4B with Ubuntu, and I’m trying to use my camera module 3 with python (I’ve tested the code with Raspberry Pi OS, so I know it’s right) using PiCamera and in a virtual environment ...
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I need help with my webcam

So I have this issue with my webcam(It has a microphone built in) where ubuntu does not see it as a camera nor a microphone. I ran sudo hwinfo --usb on the terminal it showed 06: USB 00.2: 0000 ...
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Can I run a kernel newer than 5.15 on Ubuntu 22.04 on a Raspberry Pi 4b?

I've got a Raspberry Pi 4b 4GB running Ubuntu 22.04 server (kernel 5.15) that I run ROS2 Humble on for robotics (which necessitates 22.04). I recently bought a Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 to use as a ...
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Camera Not Recognized in Ubuntu 20.04

My laptop has an integrated web cam. It worked in previous versions of ubuntu. Under 20.04, when I run cheese, it says "No device found". Here is the output of v4l2-ctl --list-devices: ...
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Camera not working on Ubuntu 20.04

When I try to run Cheese, the camera does not work. And if I type cheese on the Terminal, I get this error: Internal data stream error.: ../libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c(3127): gst_base_src_loop (): /...
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USB Cameras Constantly Disconnect

I am working in a project that requires 5 USB Cameras to be connected and ruining constantly. However they all end up disconnected after 30 minutes. One by one they drop with some error codes.I have ...
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Inbuilt Laptop Camera Crashing

I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS on a Lenovo IdeaPad S340. When I try to run something that uses the camera (like Zoom or Skype), the indicator light flashes for a split second. Most of the time I get ...
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MIPI Webcam on Lenovo Thinkpad X1 carbon Gen 11 on Ubuntu 22.04 not fully working

I have just installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my new X1 Carbon Gen 11. Everything seems to be working, except, unsurprisingly, the MIPI webcam. This question addresses the same issue but for the X1 Carbon Gen ...
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MIImageView & cheese apps can not find my Venus USB-2 camera

Please can you help. I'm trying to move from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS 20.04 focal. The microscope camera is an essential tool in my research. This is a re-post of a deleted post which was ...
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Odd behavior of function Fn keys on MSI Creator on Ubuntu 23.04

I am currently experiencing problems with the function keys on my MSI Creator 17 B11UG. It has gotten worse and worse with every Ubuntu update (currently 23.04) and I have a particular interest in ...
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How to give camera access to zoom?

I just installed zoom by downloading the deb file from here https://zoom.us/download. Then I installed it using $ mv ./zoom_amd64.deb /tmp # See https://askubuntu.com/a/1416892/156688 $ cd /tmp $ ...
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Lenovo X1 Thinkpad Yoga 2nd Ubuntu 22.04.2 - Camera / webcam not working

USB Camera is not working and tried diff USB ports - sometimes I get lucky and it comes up in cheese or zoom with camera led lighting up - but most of time led light is off. I have this problem on ...
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Camera not found error on Gmeet and other online meet platform

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04LTS on Dell inspiron 15 5000 series(with intel core i5 8th gen) laptop.I'm facing issue while turning on my video in gmeet, MS Teams and other online meet platforms.I'm not using ...
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Cannot power off the USB device

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 on Jetson Nano dev kit and a USB camera. The problem is that the camera isn't loaded to /dev/video0 if I reboot the pc. So I have to physically unplug and re-plug in to make it ...
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Cannot use Microdia Webcam Vitade AF in ubuntu 22.04

I have bought an usb camera (0c45:6366 Microdia Webcam Vitade AF) and it does not work with ubuntu 22.04 in my desktop. It does not work with cheese or any other program. Some commands I tried looking ...
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External Webcam Detected by cheese but not working(webcam- fingers 720p)

"My question is about that ,I am using an external webcam by fingers it has resolution of 720. When I am connecting my webcam on my laptop it detects in cheese but video is displayed and get ...
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MiPi Webcam with Thinkpad X1 Gen10 not working with Ubuntu 22.04

I bought a brand new ThinkPad X1 Gen10 and the MiPi webcam (Camera,FHD,RGB+IR,MIPI,UF,Azw) is not working at all. Ubuntu doesn't even recognize the camera. Apparently this is a known problem with MiPi ...
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Dell xps plus 9320 ubuntu 22.04 camera not working

I have a new dell xps plus 9320 and I installed Ubuntu 22.04. Everything works great, except the camera that is not working. The computer detect the camera but when I am trying to use it (for example ...
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USB camera detected but not working

I am using ubuntu 22.04 and I connected a usb camera, the system detects that there is a camera and its detected on cheese. when I use lsusb I get: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1903:8328 Generic HD camera ...
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Logitech C920 on Ubuntu, I can't save any settings [duplicate]

I don't know whats faulty, camera model or Linux video drivers in general. It's impossible to tune camera and save those settings. They get reset on boot, USB connect/disconnect, select/deselect in ...
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Getting the Raspberry Camera V3 (IMX708) to work on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS

I recently purchased a Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 (IMX708) for my new ROS2 robot project. I managed to get the camera working with the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS quite easily. However, I have ...
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Ubuntu camera not capturing full width

Some camera apps like Webcamoid don't take the full width that the camera can see. How do I make the camera capture the maximum width and height? I'm using Ubuntu 22.10. Taken by Webcamoid: Taken by ...
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Camera recognized but not showing in video devices

I am trying to open my usb camera in vscode using opencv, but my camera is not working. I have an OAK-1 camera and when I connect my usb the camera it is recognized in Bus 001 Device 009: ID 03e7:2485 ...
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Internal webcamera with hi847 sensor doesn't work on alder lake platform

I have dualboot system with Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.10. Notebook based on intel Alder Lake platform with i5 1230u processor. Internal WebCamera (HI847) sensor doesn't work in Ubuntu, but works in ...
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Ubuntu 22.04: cannot find camera

my Ubuntu HP laptop cannot find its camera, so I cannot use video. Camera shows "No Device Found" does not help. From that question, sudo lshw -class video has the output *-display ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 - Two of the same digital cameras, but only one is detected?

I have a desktop with Ubuntu 22.04 and two Canon Ti7 DLSR cameras connected to it by USB. Both are recognized as USB devices, but only the one plugged in first appears for the user. I have tried ...
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Using a DSLR camera as a webcam to stream on OBS

I've recently changed from Windows to Ubuntu and I'm trying to get my DSLR camera (Canon Rebel T3) to function as a webcam so I can make those cool videos about old racing games and its cars (remember ...
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Built in camera not working in ubuntu 22.10 + Dell 14 N4050

when i open cheese or another camera application like guvcview it didn't respond and ask me to force quit it. But my camera light is on.Please solve this... lsusb Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:0138 ...
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Make phone calls from desktop computer

I have a microphone and camera on my desktop system. I would like to be able to make phone calls using the computer. I use zoom, so it seems like it should be doable. Is it possible using Ubuntu Mate?
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Reset v4l2-ctl to default settings

I have changed my onboard camera settings using v4l2-ctl. Is there a way to execute a "reset to default" for all the settings?
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Getting Raspberry pi hq camera to work

I have a Raspberry pi 4 Model B with ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. Is it possible to work with the raspberry pi hq camera V1.0 2018? I just found some tutorials for older versions of ubuntu but nothing for ...
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