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Carlwill

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From: Orlando, FL

Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 560

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I have a Webcam...

Yup, my new Dell 22" wide screen LCD has built in web cam lens staring at me all day and I would like to use Skype to do web video conferences of the web. I would like to know how can I see if Arch Linux recognizes my web camera? I don't have any applications yet installed on my Linux box that would utilize the web camera but I am asking how I should check to see what I need to do and check if my system recognizes the web cam on my LCD.

Thanks for any info!

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Rasi

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-08-14

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Re: I have a Webcam...

lsusb will show you the model of the cam. From then on google is your friend

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evr

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Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 554

Re: I have a Webcam...

i don't use a webcam myself, but this is probably useful. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Webcam

Carlwill

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From: Orlando, FL

Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 560

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Re: I have a Webcam...

lsusb will show you the model of the cam. From then on google is your friend :)

Well I guess this is a good sign:

[carlos@tuna ~]$ lsusb | grep -i webcam
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 05a9:264b OmniVision Technologies, Inc. Monitor Webcam

I will Google from here and check the Wiki to see what is the best way to use my webcam in Linux.

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ehlo

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From: England

Registered: 2010-04-04

Posts: 66

Re: I have a Webcam...

Would it not be easiest just to run Skype and see if it has already detected the webcam?

brianhanna

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Registered: 2009-10-30

Posts: 157

Re: I have a Webcam...

Would it not be easiest just to run Skype and see if it has already detected the webcam?

Somewhere in the settings there's a button that says "Test Video" or something like that.  It probably already works.

vi3dr0

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-03-22

Posts: 208

Re: I have a Webcam...

First of all test it with kamoso, cheese, kopete or any other application using camera to see if it's working correctly.

If you have 64-bit you would have to link some libraries to Skype to make it work.

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alexandrite

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Registered: 2009-03-27

Posts: 326

Re: I have a Webcam...

VLC can also read from a webcam.  You just go to "Media -> Video Capture Device" and input the name of the device.  Should be something like "/dev/video0" or something.

I know in my case, udev had automatically loaded the proper driver for the webcam and everything, so it worked out of the box