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Guvcview (GTK+ UVC Viewer) provides a simple GTK interface for capturing and viewing video from devices supported by the linux UVC driver, although it should also work with any v4l2 compatible device.

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Webcam framerate different in Cheese/Jitsi to framerate in Guvcvuew?

The AnkerWork B600 is a webcam that was released recently. When I view the webcam using the Guvcview application, the framerate is reasonable (at about 23 fps) with the resolution at 2560 x 1440 and ... user avatar BlandCorporation
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Increasing light intensity for logitech webcam

I have a logitech webcam (C930 model). It has an "activity light" that is supposed to adjust increase light in darker situations. It does not do so automatically. I have attempted to use ... user avatar jmlarson
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Setting zoom on guvcview.control-panel from the command line

Is there any way I can set the zoom value (which defaults to 100) from the command line? I can't find anything useful in the manpage or with the --help $ guvcview.control-panel --help ... user avatar Prav
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There is some problem in my webcam

I am in ubuntu 21.04 and i am new to linux everything is working fine except my camera (Its connected to pc using usb cable) whenever i try to open cheese the video freezes and when i try to use ... user avatar mastermind 2578
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Ubuntu 20.04 Can't Use Camera Without Sudo

I have a USB Webcam connected to an Ubuntu 20.04 VM. I want to use the camera so to test it, I use Cheese. It shows a black box. So, I install guvcview but that also does the same thing. Only after ... user avatar DragonflyRobotics
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Are guvcview settings only picked up by that app?

In guvcview I can set up my webcam to be exactly how I want it to be. However, when I fire up Cheese or any browser-based video conferencing tool like Google Meet the camera image comes up with the ... user avatar David Durant
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Problems recording video from my Logitech C920 webcam

I'm attempting to record a 1080 @ 30FPS video from a Logitech C920 webcam. Simple, right? Well, apparently not. First, I tried on my desktop running 16.04 using Ubuntu's built-in Cheese application. ... user avatar You'reAGitForNotUsingGit
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How can I install Microdia UVC microscope?

I bought a Maozua 5mp USB microscope off Amazon (after checking in the reviews that it worked on Linux). Sadly when I connected it on Lubuntu 16.04 it does not work in guvcview or cheese. I did some ... user avatar user1759557
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Getting video from an UVC device

Now I have a UVC device (OPTRIS PI 160), an Infrared Thermometer. I have already read official doc that tells me to use Guvcview. I can get a video stream from the device, but now I’m just getting a ... user avatar Sywey Wang
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guvcview: can not record video

I installed guvcview, when I try to record a video, it records my voice and one single image. It does not record all the frames (images). How to solve this? user avatar Billal Begueradj
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Webcam cheese OK but guvcview NOT

I just reinstall Ubuntu 14.04 to my Lenovo G400s. The laptop has a built in webcam as /dev/video0. When I run cheese, no problem and it is showing what is the webcam seeing, but when I run guvcview, ... user avatar KRIZ Chong Kiah Yang
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guvcview not working with logitech c270 webcam

I recently purchased a logitech webcam c270 and it works with cheese; however, it doesn't work with guvcview. I completely purged cheese from computer. Then I removed and reinstalled guvcview, but ... user avatar miatech
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Error compiling guvcview against newest FFmpeg

Under Xenial Xerus I am compiling the release version of guvcview against the latest git FFmpeg. In the latest FFmpeg PIX_FMT_YUV420P has been replaced with AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P and I suspect this ... user avatar andrew.46
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How do i know what webcam driver to install?

I have a built in webcam for my laptop, I open Guvcveiw and it tells me the correct driver is not installed. I Don't know how this happens, or how to fix it, but my sister has the same exact computer ... user avatar Andrew Bidwell
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Another guvcview issue? Core dump!

guvcview is core dumping with my Sony Handycam plugged in. It works fine with my standard Logitech Webcam. I deleted the config file so it could re-create it. here is the output: $ guvcview ... user avatar user290498
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