How to get web camera work in web-browser?

kdar · 2011-07-08 02:14:18

Getting web camera to work in web-browser (besides Gmail) is practically the only problem I wasn't able to solve on Linux. Everything else I use on my PC works in linux now (printers, scanners.. whatever).

I have Philips SPC900NC webcam and it works fine in Skype, Gmail (using that plug-in).

However, whenever I go to some page like Omegle or Chatroulette, it tells me that only "Linux Microphone" was detected, and no webcamera was found.
I don't really go to such sites a lot, but sometimes I am a bit irritated that I can't get my web cameras to work in browsers after using Linux for almost 4-5 years (under Ubuntu, Sus, Arch.. and others).

I have looked in wiki : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Webcam_Setup and I don't believe I found anything there to help me with this. I understand that my camera uses pwc driver. I am not sure if I need to add udev to rc.conf daemon array or not.

Draucia · 2011-07-08 02:32:10

Well sites like omegle run flash (pretty sure) so you'll have to go:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/docum … ger04.html

And click omegle (or whatever site) and click "always allow". I just went through every option and allowed access to my webcam. Worked for tinychat.com.

Last edited by Draucia (2011-07-08 02:32:26)

kdar · 2011-07-08 17:35:27

I tried that before. And it still doesn't work. Those sites just say "Camera is not detected" or "Camera is required"... etc

Last edited by kdar (2011-07-08 17:35:37)

doorknob60 · 2011-07-10 20:57:29

If you're using 64 bit and the flashplugin from multilib, you probably need to install the lib32-v4l-utils for it to work, although since you say it works in Skype then you might already have that, but worth checking

kdar · 2011-07-12 00:58:14

I have 64-bit flash-plugin, I am not sure if this is the problem or not.

lemondreas · 2011-07-13 00:00:27

same here...
is there any help?

kdar · 2011-09-18 23:44:22

I still having the same problem.

However, I just discovered that my camera does get detect - when I go to KDE's System Settings > Multimedia > Video Recording....
There, I can see my camera, with correct name. And when I tried to test it, it worked.

However, webcamera still doesn't work anywhere on the web.

Last edited by kdar (2011-09-18 23:47:18)

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#1 2011-07-08 02:14:18

How to get web camera work in web-browser?

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Re: How to get web camera work in web-browser?

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#4 2011-07-10 20:57:29

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#6 2011-07-13 00:00:27

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