Which application can I use to test webcam?
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(11-09-2019, 10:03 AM)richfm Wrote: I want to test the webcam to see if it works but have tried many applications without success. I've installed ekiga, guvcview, xawtv, cheese, webcam and webcamoid, kamoso, and akqml, all with synaptic. Some didn't run with error messages, some ran but needed a USB cam, none accessed the built-in webcam. Which application have others installed to use the webcam and how did you install it?


I just tried Firefox and Chrome on stock Debian and neither worked when sites tried to access the camera. However Cheese did work-ish.

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It was very slow, under 1 frame per second but I was able to take pictures. There were some warnings in stdout as well

Code:
(cheese:2724): cheese-WARNING **: A lot of buffers are being dropped.: gstbasesink.c(2834): gst_base_sink_is_too_late (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstViewfinderBin:vf-bin/ClutterGstVideoSink:cluttergstvideosink0:
There may be a timestamping problem, or this computer is too slow.


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RE: Which application can I use to test webcam? - by electriccrowbar - 11-09-2019, 12:01 PM

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