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A camera is a device that records and stores images. It can be based on digital, analog, web or other types of basis.

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Is it possible to set a default camera device to show screen instead of the output of an actual, physical camera?

I am using Windows 10 and on many websites etc. It asks permission to use your camera, which points to your default camera in Windows. I was wondering if there was a way to setup that default camera ...
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I need the drivers for Sony DSC-HX300 camera

I've bought today Sony DSC-HX300 camera and don't have the drivers for Windows XP. I've checked the internet and haven't found it. Where can I find it?
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Can I use a Canon SX 30 camera as webcam?

Can I use my Canon SX 30 as my web cam? I have come along a lot of tutorials and videos telling us how to do this using ZoomBrowser that is shipped along with the camera. But it seems that canon sx ...
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Digital Microscope(equivalent to an old webcam) on MacOS

I have this "DM4 Digital Microscope" (noname?): (readily available on e.g. eBay) I can not make it work on my mac! The microscope is set up to works as an external camera, and... It has been ...
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Convert power + BNC CCTV camera to use PoE (power over ethernet) and have it able to obtain IP addresses

I have an old power + BNC(video) style CCTV camera that I would like to convert to a camera that uses Power over Ethernet (PoE) as well as being able to be assigned an IP address. I've seen some cheap ...
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Failed open av input:-825242872 Server returned 401 Unauthorized (authorization failed) after I modify the route table

I debug a board with two net cable connect with a web camera with a Switch. When one net cable is broken, I want the board can use another cable to connect the web camera use rtsp protocol. Because ...
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Why is my laptop's webcam light flashing on and off, sporadically?

My laptop's webcam light keeps flashing on and off rarely though, but sporadically? I'm on a DELL, Windows 10. How can I stop the flashing?
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How to laterally reverse camera's capture

I want to laterally reverse how my camera captures my live image and here's why: On a meeting (as on discord, MS teams, google meet, Omegle, etc.), the live image preview that I see of mine, and what ...
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Microsoft Surface Camera and Zoom/Skype/Everything

My Surface 7 Pro lives in a stand. It lives in a portrait orientation next to a 27" high dpi display. It is a great setup. EXCEPT it stinks for Zoom and other web meeting apps... because the ...
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Windows Camera app stops recording after set time

I have a webcam and am recording with the Windows camera app over night to an external harddrive. It needs to remain on for at least 10 hours at a time. However after 3 hours I am met with the message ...
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Getting the IP address of a POE camera

I am trying to get the IP address of my new Amcrest POE torrent camera (IP5M-T1179EW) so that I can get started with frigate. I have plugged the camera into my un-managed Netgear POE switch (GS116LP) ...
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Can't access my IP camera over the internet

EDIT: My problem is solved, please read comments 2-5 and 8,9. I have an EasyN F3 (F3-M166) IP camera. It works fine on local IP address, but I can't access it over internet. This is what I have done ...
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Linux does only recognizes 1 of 2 cameras on USB HUB

i have a 10 Port USB hub connected to my ODroid N2 running Ubuntu. On that hub i have a set of devices, among them are 2 similar camera systems. What is happening is, that on boot only one camera is ...
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why don't multiple cameras work on windows

I'm trying to connect two cameras both with two lenses that are connected to two separate USB ports. the problem is that only one cam works at the time. Is that even possible? my goal is to connect ...
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How to keep the camera rolling even after locking of desktop in windows 10?

My profession requires me to keep my laptop on at all times but there is problem. I have a maid who comes at 8:00 am in the morning and I will be asleep (pay attention here don’t ask me about the maid)...
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How can I get my Hyper-V virtual machines to recognize my web camera?

My host machine is running Windows 11 Home. I installed and used Hyper-V to standup a virtual machine (running Windows 11 Pro). I am attempting to get it so that I can use my web camera in my Hyper-V ...
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how to compile ffmpeg ARM64 executable binary with android_camera enabled

I am having some trouble because, most of the post I read for compiling ffmpeg for android actually are only generating the shared library (.so) files which can then be linked into an android project ...
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Camera opens but shows no image

I have an built-in camera in my laptop (System-Windows 7, 64-bit). It used to work fine usually in zoom. But now when I turn on my camera in zoom it displays the white light besides the camera showing ...
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How to access iCSee camera in the browser?

This WiFi camera is in my local network. I can access through iCSee Android app, but I want to access in the browser. This is the camera version: RA50X10_C_S Does anyone know this password? This is ...
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How to choose which camera is used by Nvidia-Geforce Overlay?

I recently added a new camera to my setup and would like to keep both, but now I want to use my new camera with nvidia-geforce to record myself. However, I can't find any way to tell the software ...
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Why would Task Manager show Windows Camera Frame Service under an app that doesn't use a camera?

Task Manager shows "Windows Camera Frame Service" active under an app. But the app doesn't use the camera for anything. Indeed, the app is an intellectual property app that, were it known ...
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Use builtin camera (mac OSX) as webcam on another computer (Windows 10)

I have a iMac computer that serves as a second display for my Windows 10 machine. They are connected on the same internet and network, and physically connected via Displayport(Win10) / Minidisplay (...
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Software to clean up photos of whiteboards and documents? [closed]

I take a lot of photos of whiteboards, blackboards, and so on for teaching purposes (examples online through May 2010). I'm interested in cleaning them up for archival purposes, preferably using Linux....
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How to check if Apple MacBook webcam is used by any application (if camera is on or off)

I have been also searching for a command to use in my python project, for checking if Apple MacBook webcam is used (if camera is on or off) by any application or not. (Even I do not need the exact ...
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DSLR camera image transfer using USB over IP

I am working on a 3D body scanner using 40 Canon 100D cameras. For image transfer, I tried USB hubs and cables, however, I got the error if I connect more than 26 cameras to the PC (Windows 10). ...
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I cannot start my camera, neither share my screen in Google Meet after upgrading Windows to Windows 11

Since I've upgraded my Windows to Windows 11, I am not able to use the Google Meet. My camera is OK in other programs, but the message "A câmera está iniciando" is persistent (my language is ...
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Unlock features for USB device

I have an USB camera that has a 5Mp sensor in it. But the device works only as a 1.3Mp sensor (via 2x2 binning or skipping). The 5Mp sensor is most certainly there (when plugging the device to a ...
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Capture RTSP stream from IP Camera and store

I've got a few IP Cameras which output an RTSP (h264 mpeg4) stream. Hitting the URL locally via VLC: rtsp://192.168.0.21:554/mpeg4 I can stream the camera and dump to disk (on my desktop). I'd like ...
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udev related to Casio EX-ZR700: camera cannot be attached as disk, Debian Buster

After changing from Fedora to Debian, I'm not more able to attach via hotplug the Casio EX-ZR700 camera. I expect to see the partition of the mass storage device as usually. But there is a cycle of ...
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How to get ivms-4200 soft to reconnect to remote DVRs after Internet connection is reestablished?

I've set up a computer to receive the video flows from several remote Hikvision DVRs. To do that I installed the IVMS-4200 software and I configured it to connect to the remote DVRs through the ...
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Can I set longer time interval for Windows camera time-lapse photo capture?

The default time lapse for Windows camera is 2, 5, 10 seconds. Can I set it longer without a third-party software?
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streaming of two cameras to two outputs

How can I send two separate camera streams with one command? (The image from two cameras is sent to the same address but with different ports) ffmpeg -stimeout 5000000 -rtsp_transport tcp -i "...
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Why is my Logitech C270 camera not working with my Windows 10 machine?

I installed the correct drivers for my operating system, but my Logitech C270 camera is still not working. I do not have an antivirus. There is an exclamation mark on the camera icon in the device ...
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Opening google chrome with batch file not able to use USB camera

Opening any browser in windows 10 with batch file not able to use USB camera. Screenshot for reference Command used in batch file: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe&...
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USB2 device incompatibility with USB3 computer

I have a new laptop with 2 USB2 ports and 2 USB3 ports. I have to use an USB2 RGB-D camera, namely the Softkinetic DS325. On my old laptop (only USB2 ports) everything is running as it should. On the ...
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Laptop built-in camera disappears and come back every few seconds

My laptop's camera toggles uncontrollably. I noticed it disappears and comes back in seconds or less. There's some kind of hardware change because the device manager refreshes itself. Here's a visual ...
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Windows 10 camera window opens without initiating

Specs: Intel Atom processor x64 SoC inbuilt with RAM DDR3 2GB, eMMC 32 GB and intel HD graphics Windows 10pro x86 with original OEM license. Windows is updated up to 20H2. Problem: The computer opens ...
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How to forward or fake device discovery broadcast replies

I have an IP camera which I wish to view remotely over the internet. Unfortunately the cloud service for this camera is no longer available nor does it support streaming standards for 3rd party use. I ...
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0xA00F4244<NoCamerasAreAttached> error

Bought a ASUS TUF GAMING FX504GD_FX80GD laptop just yesterday and after opening the camera app it shows the following error: " We can't find your camera Check to make sure that it's connected ...
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Is the IR camera on modern high end laptops used for anything else other than facial recognition?

Some modern premium laptops come with an IR camera along with the normal integrated camera, which is used by Windows Hello for facial recognition. Is this feature used by anything else? For example, I'...
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ip camera foscam on wifi, only works on wifi on local network

I am so confused, I have the foscam F18908W and the neufbox router NB4. when plugged directly to the router - i can connect to it using another computer on the network - i can connect to it ...
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Can you connect 12 USB cameras to a single computer?

For a project that I am working on, I need access to may cameras that monitor certain gauges on tanks. The specifics of the project are relatively confidential, but in essence, each tank has 2 gauges ...
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Camera on M1 MacBook Pro can't be found after waking from sleep -- until another app uses it

When I: use Google Chrome for video conferencing (e.g. Google Meet, Focusmate, other sites) then put my M1 MacBook Pro to sleep by closing the lid for five seconds then open it again ...the camera ...
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Why are the bottom half of my images gray?

My brother in law took some pictures for me of my daughter after she was born. When I open up the pictures or look at the previews, they all look like this (with the bottom half gray): At first I ...
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Simultaneous connection to LAN and WiFi in Windows 10

I tried to look for a similar topic and none really answered my doubts completely. Similar topic is here but without clear solution: Keep my computer connected to the internet via ethernet and use usb ...
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How do I find the date a video was taken?

I have a Panasonic HD camcorder and I downloaded a bunch of videos to my computer directly without using the Panasonic software. The videos downloaded fine, but I can't tell when the videos were taken....
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Changing the default camera in Google Chrome - No effect

I changed the default camera in Google Chrome and I restarted the browser. As you can see the camera I set is OBS Virtual Camera: The problem is that, when I try to use Video Recorder (an App in ...
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Windows Hello camera gets turned off after some time - how to increase or disable this timeout?

I have added a Hello-capable camera to my Windows 10 (20H2) PC so that I can log on with face recognition without touching the keyboard our mouse. This generally works fine. However, after some time (...
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Laptop webcam always shows video upside down

I have an integrated webcam (USB 2.0 UVC 2M) on my laptop. Whenever I turn it on for video conferencing either on Skype or Google Talk, it always shows upside down. I am not sure what is wrong with ...
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Microsoft Teams crashes since a few days when using Canon EOS webcam utility

Problem Until last week Microsoft Teams worked in combination with the EOS webcam utility and my Canon EOS camera. Since today, every meeting I start with my camera on results in a crash of Microsoft ...

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