- #Setup msi camera how to
- #Setup msi camera install
- #Setup msi camera driver
- #Setup msi camera software
To watch your webcam /dev/video0, start vlc and select Media -> Open Capture Device -> Video device name = /dev/video0 -> Play
To watch your camera's input, use cheese or mplayer: to do video conferencing, use skype under Linux.Streamer -c /dev/video0 -f jpeg -F stereo -o myvideo.avi -t 0:05 Mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=320:height=240:device=/dev/video0 -nosound -ovc lavc -o myvideo.avi You can also automate video recording so you can capture the camera stream with sitting in front of the computer. It stores in a strange format (.webm), but vlc can play this. It allows you to watch and record your camera output at the same time. To capture video streams you can use cheese, a nice program with a graphical user interface.
#Setup msi camera driver
If it does not work, exchange the driver gspca against uvcvideo: If you have another webcam, try the above nevertheless.
#Setup msi camera software
You can now test your webcam using the software cheese:
Now you should be able to see the video device: If a Logitech Quickcam Messenger is plugged in the response will be like:
#Setup msi camera install
For this, first install the software hwinfo. This has been tested with Ubuntu 8.10 x32 but should work with any Ubuntu version.įind out the driver activation command of your webcam. You see a video what from what is going on in front of your webcam. That means you can install and start your webcam-viewer-software. This means you can install and load the webcam driver like this: Module Alias: "usb:v046Dp08DAd0100dc00dsc00dp00ic01isc02ip00"ĭriver Status: quickcam_messenger is activeĭriver Activation Cmd: "modprobe quickcam_messenger"Ĭonfig Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_46d_8da_noserial_if2 If a Logitech Quickcam Messenger is plugged in the answer will be like: To find out what driver you need, open a console and call This has been tested with SUSE Linux 11.0 圆4 but should work with any earlier SUSE version. In this case you may have to install the device driver separately because it may not be part of the kernel. If you have done cabling correctly and a device file /dev/video* does not appear, your kernel probably does not know the hardware. Troubleshooting heavily depends on the distribution and version you are using. if you have mplayer installed you can use the command.if you have vlc installed you can start it and choose Media -> Open Capture Device -> Video device name = /dev/video0 -> Play.You can also test your webcam the following ways: But the time (in this case Nov 11 09:06) will be the time when you plugged it in. If you have several video4linux devices, for example a tv card your webcam may show up as /dev/video1 or whatever. If you have no /dev/video file, read #Troubleshooting. In this example your webcam device is named /dev/video0. open a console and list your video4linux devices:Ĭrw-rw-+ 1 root video 81, 0 Nov 11 09:06 /dev/video0.If cheese starts, but does not find a webcam, you need to dig deeper. for Debian, Raspbian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Flubuntu, Xubuntu, GEUbuntu, Edubuntu.
#Setup msi camera how to
Here is how to find out your distribution. To install cheese, you need to know your distribution. you want to #record_a_video with your webcam.cheese does not show the camera's content -> read on at Check the Setup.terminal says "command not found", you need to install cheese.Ok, you are reading on, so there is still something left, maybe: This should switch on your webcam and you should see what it's recording. First let's try if it works out of the box, so, connect your webcam (if it's not inbuilt), open a terminal and start the application cheese: