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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Using a digital camera ( Canon) as webcam
I can't use my digital camera ( Canon ixus 160) as webcam
is there an application for that ?
or just in the settings?
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Why does my Ubuntu 14.04 desktop light up my Webcam on startup and login?
My privacy feels invaded by the "active" light on my webcam turning on when I boot Ubuntu, and again when I login. It stays on for 3-4 seconds, then turns back off.
It's a Creative HD 1080p webcam ...
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Shotwell can't access camera
When I plug in my Cannon 50D camera with a USB cable into my laptop (running Ubuntu 19.10) and Shotwell pops up. But when I click on the 'Cannon Digital Camera' entry on the left sidebar an error ...
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Enabling, disabling camera from terminal
How do I enable and disable the laptop's camera from the terminal? And how will I know if it is on or of?
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Qt/KDE camera app alternative to Cheese in Kubuntu 18.04?
The following additional packages will be installed:
cheese-common gnome-desktop3-data gnome-video-effects gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0 libcheese-gtk25 libcheese8 libclutter-1.0-0 libclutter-1.0-common
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Four /dev/video entries but just one camera
I have a Dell XPS 9370, which is known to have only one camera. But ls /dev/video* results in /dev/video0 /dev/video1 /dev/video2 /dev/video3, so four different camera devices.
These four cameras ...
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Webcam not working on Ubuntu 20.04 after recent kernel update
My builtin webcam stopped working after a kernel update issued after 22 April 2020 . Before this date i was able to take pictures on cheese and video call etc , and for a while i didn't use my webcam ...
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Software to use webcam as camera [duplicate]
Is there software that allows the webcam to be used as a camera?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 desktop.
Thanks!
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Can't access webcam settings
I am using Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, Gnome version 3.28.2. I am struggling with my built-in webcam. I can use it with Zoom, but I can't seem to find how to change the webcam settings; I suspect I may have ...
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Which is good app to take pics using web camera in ubuntu?
I want to take photograph of me using Ubuntu 14.04.
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Where are cameras mounted?
I have a canon PowerShot A3100 IS camera, and, as written in the title, I want to know where does the automount mount it when I connect it.
Does anyone know?
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v4l2-ctl exposure-auto setting fails
I am trying to tune a C920 webcam for picture quality using v4l2-ctl utility on Ubuntu PC. I am unable to set exposure_auto to 'Auto' mode, but I am able to set it to 'Manual Mode' or in 'Aperture ...
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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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How to install webcam (camera) driver on Ubuntu 17.04? (No device found)
My laptop can't detect my webcam anymore, so I can't take pictures or see myself from the webcam.
I was using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and everything was OK..., until I decided to install 17.04. After ...
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Webcam isn't working in Ubuntu 14.04
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 x64(Lenovo G510, intel i5) but cheese is not working, nor skype.
The first thing I did was
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
I then tried to ...
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Make my external camera (webcam) as default for Telegram Desktop
I have tried the answer of this post:
sudo snap connect telegram-desktop:camera
However, I cannot make my external camera the one which telegram uses in the video calls. I cannot see the option to ...
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USB camera is not detected anymore
I have a USB camera which used to work just fine, as plug-and-play, on my Ubuntu (current version 18.04.4 LTS, Linux E480 4.15.0-88-generic #88-Ubuntu SMP). Now, for some months it hasn't detected.
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SD card is not mounted in Lubuntu [closed]
I have a 2 GB Transcend SD card for my camera, but when I entered it in my laptop's SD slot then it was not mounted automatically by Lubuntu. I did not have the same problem with Ubuntu. I can not see ...
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"Unspecified error" when connecting camera on 64-bit Ubuntu
I have a Canon 40D that worked well with 32-bit Ubuntu all the way from 10.04 through 12.04. However, I switched to 64-bit 12.04 a while back, and since then, connecting the camera just brings up a ...
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Using DSLR camera as a webcam
I am trying to use my Canon DSLR as a webcam, on an Ubuntu machine. The camera does not show up as /dev/video*.
The camera shows up in hwinfo --usb:
19: USB 00.0: 10f01 WebCam
[Created at usb.122]
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How to transfer photos from camera to PC over Wi-Fi (Canon S110) Xubuntu 13.10
The Canon S110 comes with an optical disk containing a software bundle for Windows (and of course nothing for Linux), including an utility for connecting to the computer through WiFi.
Also I think ...
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How to turn off my ubuntu web camera?
I was using facebook messenger, and When I finished my call, the web cam stilled working.I have an integrated camera in my laptop HP 630.
Is there a way to turn it off ? Thanks.
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Copying photos from camera stalls - how to track down issue?
When I copy files from my camera (connected via USB) to the SSD in my laptop a few files get copied and then the copy stalls. I'm not sure why, any ideas or things to investigate appreciated, or bug ...
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How can I tell which of these video devices is a webcam?
$ ls -ltrh /dev/video*
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 1 Mai 4 00:17 /dev/video1
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Mai 4 00:17 /dev/video0
This is a laptop so I guess one is the built in camera, and one ...
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/dev/video0 Camera support on WSL?
Is there any way to pass the camera through to Windows Subsystem for Linux? This feature would make everything I'm doing right now so much easier. I know there is a feature request for USB support, ...
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How can I monitor DVR Cameras?
I have a DVR installed and works great... I have the IP address and when I write it in IE9 works perfect (via web service)... How can I monitor them via web?
I tried with every Browser at Ubuntu ...
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How can I play 60fps videos?
I have a Contour camera, which is a sports/action camera and records at 60 fps.
When I load any video in Ubuntu using any video player, lots of frames are lost. I tried changing codecs but nothing ...
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Integrated camera detected but displaying black on Ubuntu 21 04
I have Ubuntu 21 04 installed on a Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 2i and my integrated camera stopped working. It is detected but just showing black.
My kernel version is:
5.11.0-40-generic
My integrated ...
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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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How can I control the pan, tilt, lighting, and other features on a Logitech QuickCam Orbit/Sphere AF webcam?
When the Logitech QuickCam Orbit/Sphere AF webcam is in use on Windows, a little window pops up enabling pan, tilt, zoom, and lighting control. This applet works outside of the program currently ...
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Import images from camera in KDE with particular directory structure
I have been using f-spot for a few years to manage my photo archive, which is about 50K images at the moment. With the development of f-spot slowing down in the recent years and me switching to KDE, I'...
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How can I access the H264 stream from my IP-camera with "Motion"?
What is Motion?: Motion is a deamon application which allows Linux users to record pictures of webcams and ipcams based on motion detection or time settings. A Tutorial how to set up the stable ...
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Can automatically mounted camera be automatically unmounted by script in 14.04
The version of Ubuntu I have (14.04.1) automatically mounts my digital camera and generates a box inviting me to say what to do with it. Since I was dissatisfied with all the options presented, I ...
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Fuji AV-150 camera doesn't work with Ubuntu 14.04 as it did with 13.10
I am using ubuntu 14.04 LTS (64 bit). I could access the 4GB memory of my fujifilm AV-150 digital camera through nautilus in 13.10, but it is no longer shown in 14.04!
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID ...
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WSL + integrated camera
I have a Microsoft Surface tablet, Windows 10 and I run Windows Subsystem for Linux with Ubuntu.
I would like to know if WSL can access the integrated camera of my tablet.
All other articles/...
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How do I mount a GoPro Hero 7 via USB in Ubuntu 18.04?
When I connect my GoPro Hero 7 camera via USB I see it in Files as HERO7, but when I click on it, it either mounts and says Folder is empty. Or the USB connected message on the camera appears and ...
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Logitech C922 webcam not detected on Ubuntu 18.04LTS
I just got a Logitech C922x (USB) webcam which I need to install on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
I tried on Cheese and on Skype, but it says that the device is not detected.
Any idea? Thanks a lot for your help.
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ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS does not recognise my macbook onboard camera
I recently replace my macair's operating system with Ubuntu 18.04.3. I installed skype and noticed the camera was not recognised.
Here's some information on my system:
lshw output
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libv4l2: error turning on stream: Invalid argument VIDIOC_STREAMON: Invalid argument
I'm working on camera using opencv 3.0.0 and C++ with Ubuntu 14.04 ,
When I run a program using the camera and stop it with Ctrl + C, I can't get it run for a second time and it gives me the ...
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Why do I have poor video capture quality, and how can I improve it?
I have a dual boot Lenovo Ideapad U260. If I use Skype or a Google+ hangout from Ubuntu, the video quality is a bit poor. I can't adjust the brightness either. But if I boot to Windows, the video ...
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Canon IXUS 155 camera no longer found when connected to USB after update to 14.04
Previously I used Ubuntu 13 or older versions on my PCs and the Canon IXUS 155 Camera was detected on their USB ports. With Ubuntu 14.04 this is suddenly no longer true.
BTW: My other camera, a Nikon,...
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Cannot Open Camera In kdenlive Via IEEE1394
I am having difficulty getting a system to cooperate with a video camera using kdenlive and an IEEE1394 connection.
From running lshw, we can see there is a card for such connections recognized:
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Photo transfer problems from camera
We have a digital camera (Cannon SX130 IS) which we often connect to the Ubuntu 12.10 desktop via USB in order to download the images. In past flavours of Linux (Mint 12 was most recent) it worked ...
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Integrated Camera not working kernel 5.11.0-37-generic
I have been several weeks in which the integrated camera does not work for me. It worked before, but suddenly it stopped working sometimes, and now it directly doesn't work anymore.
Here are the ...
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Google (maybe the browser?) not recognizing USB webcam
First time here, thank you for all your wonderful work.
I run (K)ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and am having a little trouble with my webcam. Cheese, fswebcam, vlc all recognize and start the device, but Google ...
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USB camera not seen by some applications in 18.04
I have just installed 18.04 MATE.
I have two cameras available, one built-in and the other a usb eye-cam.
In 16.04, both were seen by cheese (Cheese->Preferences->Webcam).
In 18.04, cheese only ...
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How to set an external webcam as the default webcam
I have 2 webcams
an integrated camera on /dev/video0
an external webcam on /dev/video1
Softwares using my webcam will choose my integrated camera.
How do I modify my devices in order for my ...
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Integrated webcam not working after upgrade to 18.04
I purchased a second hand Lenovo Z370 that was successfully running Ubuntu 12.10. I did a fresh installation where I erased and installed 18.04. But my integrated webcam is not working.
Cheese tells ...
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Error when trying to get movies off my Camera
How do I retrieve movies and audio files from my Canon PowerShot S5 IS camera?
Shotwell only sees the pictures. Mounting the camera via "Places > Canon Digital Camera" and then clicking twice on the ...
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HP Truevision HD built-in webcam not working in ubuntu 18.04
I have a HP Notebook-15-ac603tu and after shifting to ubuntu from windows, the camera stopped working.
I have run the following commands with output:
lsusb :
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux ...
