Questions tagged [webcam]
A webcam is a video camera that sends its video data to a computer in real time, as opposed to recording it first.
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How to install a Trust webcam "Exis" if it does not get detected on Windows 10?
After plugging in a Trust "Exis" webcam, it could not be detected. I checked other USB ports, and the alert of not being detected did not pop up anymore. On the net, I found Windows 10 not ...
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issue laptop webcam connection via USB
hi i have an old laptop webcam of ASUS K52J model that I want to use by connecting it via a USB cable. I disassembled my laptop and connected the webcam using a USB cable with four colors: black, red, ...
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how to give webcam access to LAN domain in Firefox?
for some reason both Chrome and Firefox blocks WebCam access to http://192.168.66.53:81/ , and refuse to allow camera access the normal way. In Chrome i can fix it by going to chrome://flags/#unsafely-...
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ThinkPad T460p/T470 screens and webcam - contemplating surgery, seeking advice
I have in my possession:
A ThinkPad T460p with a bad motherboard but a presumably functioning screen
and webcam, and
A ThinkPad T470 which works wonderfully but which came with no webcam.
I'm ...
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IP-Cam Wireless N Adapter Error SIOCGIFINDEX: No such device
I'n trying to set up an IP Cam with alternative Firmware, but can´t find Wi-Fi Net Adapter.
How to find and configure it with this hardware?
OS: OpenIPC
Cam: Jennov, P31
Wireless Net Adapter: ...
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How to prevent my inbuilt camera from turning off in low light
In low light my laptop camera (inbuilt) automatically switches to black and white, and then in even lower light it just switches off entirely until it detects sufficient light. Is there any way to ...
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Both windows and linux unable to open laptop integrated webcam stream
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I use a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro with Pop_OS 22.04, Windows 11 and elementary OS 6.1 currently installed in it. The device supports windows hello and hence has an IR webcam built in too, I ...
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Streaming video resets my internet connection through LAN adapter on Windows 11
As soon as I got my new Dell XPS 15 9510, I started noticing some odd behavior. If I simultaneously use the webcam with any program (Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Stream Yard), my internet connection ...
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Logitech C920 completely useless on Linux, I can't save any settings
When I tune camera and save those settings, they get reset on boot, on usb connect/disconnect, on select/deselect in Meet settings, when I change browser, when I change camera program, even when I ...
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How is my new PC making webcam video grainy?
I recently built a new PC. It is running Windows 11. I had everything working great, including the webcam. Last night I swapped my HDMI cables for DP cables. No problems. But then I checked my ...
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How can I remotely determine if a laptop has webcam from the console?
I have multiple laptops I can remote into, but I do not know whether they have a working webcam. I cannot see them. I do not need to access the webcams; I just need to know if one is present.
Is there ...
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Passthrough of virtual devices through Remote Desktop
One of the features of Windows Remote Desktop is device passthrough, which allows for an easy way to provide a remote machine with access to devices. Unfortunately it looks as though this is only for ...
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Logi C270 webcam crash in Telegram Desktop
System Spec:
MX Linux on Pentium-Dual Core with 2GB of RAM.
Webcam - Logi C270.
Microphone - Logi C270 built in.
Problem:
After opening the Telegram Desktop, entering the settings and clicking on &...
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How can I sync the frames of multiple videos from a multi-camera capture system using FFMPEG?
I have a multi-camera capture setup with 2 canon cameras. Each of these cameras have a tentacle sync e timecode generator connected to them.
After a video capture with these 2 cameras, the generated ...
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How to have multiple webcams of the same kind display as different names in applications?
I have a setup on a Windows 10 computer where I have multiple of the same kind of USB webcams connected to one computer.
Is there a way to have the system list the webcam names differently so they can ...
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Bad Mic Quality For Webcam With MS Teams
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Logitech C925e webcam at the end of my office desk (since I use the top of my monitor for my monitor lamp) for my PC
Mic from my HP Elitebook
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When I use my webcam/pc setup, calls ...
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Why doesn't my Trust Spotlight Webcam Pro work on Microsoft Teams?
My Trust Spotlight Webcam Pro works well enough for Zoom calls, but when I use it on MS Teams on Windows 10, the image simply shows as black, or the webcam returns a generic error. Why doesn't my ...
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ffmpeg with preview/OSD/audio becomes not responding
Freezes after about 5 seconds
A. ffmpeg -y -f dshow -rtbufsize 100M -s 1920x1080 -vcodec mjpeg -i video="USB Camera" -c:v h264_nvenc -qp 0 vid.mp4 -pix_fmt yuv420p -an -f sdl2 -window_size ...
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v4l2: Limit resolutions that a webcam offers
I'm using a HDMI capture card to use a regular mirrorless camera as a webcam. This works great at 1080p or 720p resolutions, but the capture card does not only offer resolutions with 16:9 aspect ratio,...
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My voice sounds high pitched on calls, what could be the issue?
My customers say that sometimes my voice sounds like I inhaled helium "like a smurf" they say, very small tiny voice!
I have a fairly new computer (i5 8400 desktop), about 3-4 years old.
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Stream Webcam video to a website
I am trying to build a system where I want to stream video from a webcam to a website, I am new to video processing, but so far, I have learned that I need to use FFmpeg lib, an AWS-S3 bucket and hls....
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v4l2 camera device ID keeps changing after streaming for an extended period of time
I am trying to stream video with multiple cameras on the Jetson Nano Developer Kit. While streaming for a longer period of time, one of the cameras randomly kept freezing.
So I checked the available ...
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Using ffmpeg to record two video inputs into one file
I am working on a few strings of commands in order to allow me to record gameplay footage to my PC, I've figured out quite a number of things, purely through trial and error, but have ran into a bit ...
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ffplay/lavfi: How to play dshow?
I am attempting to playback 3 x dshow devices (Logi Brio webcams) with the hstack filter. I can successfully playback local .mp4 files with the following command, but I'm struggling to bring the dshow ...
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/dev/videoX through a port to watchthe streaming of a webcam over the internet
I have 3 webcams connected to a PC with Ubuntu. Those 3 webcams, are mounted on /dev/video0, /dev/video1 and /dev/video2.
The thing is that I want to be able to watch the streaming over the internet. ...
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Connect a Logitech Brio using CAT-8 for middle run
I am trying to connect a Logitech Brio webcam using the existing CAT-8 cabling that is ran from the wall to a floor monument in our conference room (rough in wall cable length - 16 ft). For reference,...
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How can I get rid of a specific driver that I'm not even using?
I am unable to turn on Memory Integrity in Windows due to an incompatible Logitech driver. I no longer even own a Logitech webcam, and this driver has not been updated since 2012 (hence the warning).
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Integrated webcam displays small black dots on dark areas
I just bought a new (used) laptop, and I'm having issues with the image produced by the integrated webcam.
The laptop model is a Dell XPS 15 7590
As you can see in the image below, the dark areas of ...
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How can I view the video coming in from a capture card on Windows in full screen?
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Is there a "standard" way to view the raw feed coming from a capture device in windows?
My goal is to be able to watch TV on my HTPC coming in through an hdmi capture card.
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windows 10 on virtualbox linux webcam not working
i am using arch Linux .
i have installed virtual box and i ran windows on it but it seems i have a problem with my camera driver. i have installed the CD guest addition to enable the webcam.
in my ...
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How to Use Public Video Stream as Webcam Feed?
I would like to setup an existing public 'live stream' as a 'camera' feed in Windows 11.
The goal would be while on a zoom/skype/teams etc, in my list of Cameras, I can pick an option that relays a ...
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How to auto connect to webcam in VirtualBox?
It seems every time a guest machine launches, one has to manually enable the webcam again in order for the guest to be able to use it.
Is there a way to have it enabled by default? So whenever the ...
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Webcam Recognized in Some Programs, but Not All (Chrome (Chromium))
I have a miniDV camcorder connected via a Fire Wire cable and I have Windows 10. Strangely, it's recognized and works fine in some programs, but not others.
Works in....
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USB webcam connected to MacBook through Dell monitor is sporadically undetected
My setup is as follow:
MacBook Pro M1 Max (macOS 12.5)
External monitor: Dell P3421W
USB webcam connected to USB-A port in monitor, monitor is connected to Macbook via USB-C.
My issue is that every ...
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How can I add text to a live video stream from USB webcam which is being transcoded on the fly with FFmpeg?
How can I add text to a live video stream from USB webcam which is being transcoded on the fly with FFmpeg?
Here is the code which is being transcoded from two GPUs, I was not able to add texts using ...
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About streaming live video with ffmpeg over the network
Me and my team are developing an unmanned aerial vehicle and we need to instantly transfer the camera image from the drone to the ground control station. For this, we use rocket 5ac in unmanned aerial ...
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How to duplicate webcam stream with FFMPEG and V4L2 - one copy, one scaled output
I've a simple setup with one webcam. I need to use it in two tools simultaneously so I decided to duplicate it with gstreamer. Since it was a real mess I pretty fast switched to ffmpeg where I got ...
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Camera being used by another application
I am trying to test my webcam, as I am having problems with it. I just asked a question on why the "Set as default" option wasn't there for my camera, but I don't know if this is related. I ...
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"Set as default" option missing from camcorder device
I just got a camcorder, and I wanted to make it a webcam. However, when I connected it, and opened camera, I still got the front facing camera built into my laptop. I realized I needed to make the ...
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How can I make Snap Camera' virtual cameras available to BlueJeans?
How can I make Snap Camera' virtual cameras available to BlueJeans?
I have launched Snap Camera:
but I cannot see it in BlueJeans:
I use the latest versions of BlueJeans (2.19.465.0) and Snap Camera ...
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Can dynamic lock use face recognition to verify user presence before autolocking?
I think Windows Operating System is using face recognition over the webcam in the background to detect when am using it and if this returns false then it auto locks the device. I just left it for less ...
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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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Do most webcams contain ROMs (which could contain malware)?
If I use a plug and play webcam, is it likely to contain a ROM (e.g., for drivers)? If so, is it likely to contain a virgin PROM when purchased?
Edit: The reason why I am asking this is because I'm ...
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Dell Latitude 5520 microphone and camera stopped working
On one Dell Latitude 5520 notebook with Windows 10 latest version the Realtek microphone array and the Integrated WebCam stopped working.
Uninstalling, reinstalling drivers, updating everything ...
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GoPro webcam app is blocked
I've got the GoPro Hero 9 and I'd like to use it in my Windows laptop.
I've followed all the steps described here but when I want to open the app I get this message:
it says "Seems the app was ...
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USB Composite Hub not detected, Windows 10
I've been having an issue lately with a webcam that I have above a TV quite far away from a Windows computer, not easily accessible. To reach it, I'm using a USB extension with a repeater + a second ...
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Why does Firefox not acknowledge camera and mic access on web page?
Gave Firefox camera and microphone access, but message requesting it displays and partly blocks the web page. On Windows 10 with the current version of Firefox on an HP desktop, a NexiGo N930AF USB ...
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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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How to access Windows Hello IR Camera
I have a Surface Pro 6 with a Windows Hello integrated infrared camera. Months ago, while using app.houseparty.com, a video calling service that has since been shut down, I discovered that it let you ...
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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 ...
