Webcam software

[Jack]

Is there any software for Webcam? Can any one give me any idea on some that will work for Mate.

I found this with USM "wmwebcam-0.3.5-x86_64-1_slack.xzm".

[francois]

General text:http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Webcam-HOWTO/hardware.html

Cheese :https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam

[Jack]

General text:http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Webcam-HOWTO/hardware.html

Cheese :https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam

Thanks francois, I will get back after I get the webcam.

[francois]

v4l utils:
Video4Linux

pkgs.org:
https://pkgs.org/search/v4l

slackbuild:
https://slackbuilds.org/mirror/slackwar ... v4l-utils/

[Jack]

I got the Webcam install tonight. I'm trying to install Cheese but I can't locate libwayland-egl.so.1 I been getting most of the programs from Arch but I can't to find that Lib file.

[neko]

@Jack
In Archlinux "extra", "mesa-11.2.2-1" and "qt5-wayland-5.7.0-1" packages have "libwayland-egl.so".

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% more extra/mesa-11.2.2-1/files
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usr/lib/xorg/
usr/lib/bellagio/
usr/lib/d3d/
usr/lib/libgbm.so
usr/lib/libgbm.so.1
usr/lib/libglapi.so
usr/lib/libglapi.so.0
usr/lib/libOSMesa.so
usr/lib/libOSMesa.so.8
usr/lib/libwayland-egl.so
usr/lib/libwayland-egl.so.1
usr/lib/libxatracker.so
usr/lib/libxatracker.so.2
usr/lib/pkgconfig/
usr/lib/mesa/
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% more extra/qt5-wayland-5.7.0-1/files
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usr/lib/qt/qml/
usr/lib/qt/plugins/
usr/lib/qt/plugins/wayland-decoration-client/
usr/lib/qt/plugins/platforms/
usr/lib/qt/plugins/wayland-graphics-integration-client/
usr/lib/qt/plugins/wayland-shell-integration/
usr/lib/qt/plugins/wayland-graphics-integration-server/
usr/lib/qt/plugins/wayland-graphics-integration-server/libwayland-egl.so
usr/lib/qt/plugins/wayland-graphics-integration-server/libxcomposite-egl.so
usr/lib/qt/plugins/wayland-graphics-integration-server/libxcomposite-glx.so
usr/lib/qt/plugins/wayland-graphics-integration-server/libdrm-egl-server.so
.
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[Jack]

After I Activate mesa-12.0.1.x86.64-pkg-1.xzm I receive this or error. Any idea on this?

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guest@porteus:~$ cheese

(gst-plugin-scanner:15337): GStreamer-WARNING **: Failed to load plugin '/usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstlibvisual.so': libvisual-0.4.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
cheese: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libclutter-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: gdk_wayland_display_get_type
guest@porteus:~$ 

[donald]

Webcam software..another proposal.
Guvcview

should be available via usm or at slackonly or at
https://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=guvcview&sv=

[Jack]

After I Activate mesa-12.0.1.x86.64-pkg-1.xzm I receive this or error. Any idea on this?

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guest@porteus:~$ cheese

(gst-plugin-scanner:15337): GStreamer-WARNING **: Failed to load plugin '/usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstlibvisual.so': libvisual-0.4.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
cheese: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libclutter-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: gdk_wayland_display_get_type
guest@porteus:~$ 

I did fix part but still need this.

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guest@porteus:~$ cheese
cheese: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libclutter-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: gdk_wayland_display_get_type
guest@porteus:~$ 

[Jack]

Webcam software..another proposal.
Guvcview

should be available via usm or at slackonly or at
https://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=guvcview&sv=

I will check it out later thanks.

[ztrapl]

VLC can also be used to view and record your webcam. In VLC's file menu, open the 'Capture Device...' dialog and enter the video and audio device files. Or from the command line, do:

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vlc v4l:// :v4l-vdev="/dev/video0" :v4l-adev="/dev/audio2"

More information I found here : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/webcam_setup

[Jack]

I just built a guvcview bundle and here is the output or ERROR I received. It works but can this be fixed or not? It is a lot smaller then Cheese.

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guest@porteus:~$ guvcview
ENCODER: no video codec detected for MPEG4-AVC (H264)
ENCODER: no video codec detected for HEVC (H265)
ENCODER: no audio codec detected for MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
GUVCVIEW: version 2.0.4
GUVCVIEW: couldn't open /home/guest/.config/guvcview2/video0 for read: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM pulse
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM pulse

** (guvcview:2167): WARNING **: AT-SPI: Could not obtain desktop path or name


** (guvcview:2167): WARNING **: atk-bridge: GetRegisteredEvents returned message with unknown signature

** (guvcview:2167): WARNING **: atk-bridge: get_device_events_reply: unknown signature

** (guvcview:2167): WARNING **: atk-bridge: get_device_events_reply: unknown signature
V4L2_CORE: (jpeg decoder) error while decoding frame
guest@porteus:~$ su
Password: 
root@porteus:/home/guest#  guvcview
ENCODER: no video codec detected for MPEG4-AVC (H264)
ENCODER: no video codec detected for HEVC (H265)
ENCODER: no audio codec detected for MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
GUVCVIEW: version 2.0.4
GUVCVIEW: couldn't open /root/.config/guvcview2/video0 for read: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
V4L2_CORE: (UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP) Error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM pulse
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM pulse

** (guvcview:2127): WARNING **: AT-SPI: Could not obtain desktop path or name


** (guvcview:2127): WARNING **: atk-bridge: GetRegisteredEvents returned message with unknown signature

** (guvcview:2127): WARNING **: atk-bridge: get_device_events_reply: unknown signature

** (guvcview:2127): WARNING **: atk-bridge: get_device_events_reply: unknown signature
root@porteus:/home/guest#

EDIT:
I did use USM to build it but I manualy downloaded the 14.2 version to get up-to-date packages.