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Questions related to webcam setup/configuration. Please mention your model/make of webcam when asking questions.

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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 account. When I look in system settings, I do not see…
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How to turn on the integrated webcam?

How do I turn on the integrated web-cam on Dell Vostro I have Ubuntu 10.10
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how to create a duplicate of /dev/video0?

I have 1 webcam connected to my computer but I want to use it in multiple programs. The problem is when I launch a second program, it tells me the webcam is already used. The programs which will use the webcam are : motion,…
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Does the Razer Kiyo work under Linux?

Does the Razer Kiyo webcam work under Linux? The odds look good, as it apparently requires no drivers under Windows (meaning it probably implements the standard webcam USB device class).
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Using a GoPro as a Webcam

I would like to understand: What connections between the camera device and my computer are needed? Is possible to do this without other external devices? What applications are needed? Here there're some references i found, but didn't help so much…
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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 connection". Neither lspci nor lsusb contain any…
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How can I disable the LED lights of a USB webcam?

I would like to disable the LED Lights on my V4L usb webcam. I would like to know if there is a generic method/way to handle that.
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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 rather than ideas for software that might developed in…
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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 out how and what activated it? System is ubuntu…
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Webcam not working properly

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and my webcam is not working properly. It sometimes works on it while at other times it does not. I'm not able to figure out what is the problem here. Can someone help ?
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use old USB digital camera as webcam?

I've got an old average point-and-click digital camera that I don't use anymore, but I wonder if I could reuse it as a webcam by plugging it as a USB device into an Ubuntu computer? Where can I find out about this? What shall I look for to know if…
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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 buying it now. My question is can it be limited in…
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Splitcam equivalent

I want to share the webcam (Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000) picture with more than one application at the same time. I've looked around the net. Here's what I found: - webcamstudio: The newest java tar-gz version does not even show the webcam picture …
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Ubuntu does not detect my VAIO webcam

I've installed Ubuntu 12.10. I'm using a Sony VAIO VGN-FE52B laptop which I bought in Japan. Since I installed Ubuntu (and accidentally overwrote the VISTA recovery partition) I have not been able to get my webcam working. I've tried both lsusb and…
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How do I use a DV Camcorder as a Webcam?

I have a DV camcorder that works with webcamstudio, but I don't know how to get it to work as a the default webcam.
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