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    Report on successfully operating webcam Logitech Brio 500 Full-HD

    Hello friends. I just successfully run Logitech Brio 500 (it's a USB-C webcam) on FreeBSD 14.1 and I want to share how. I used this message from forum, with some modifications: 1. install webcamd pkg install webcamd 2. in: /boot/loader.conf cuse_load="YES" in: /etc/rc.conf...
  2. First_Law_of_Unix

    How to automatically execute commands that require "su" privileges during user login.

    Hello, I couldn't find any information from the web on how to make a shell script which can automatically execute commands that require "su" privileges during user login. I have read that I can store the shell script at "/etc/profile.d/" location which did not exist by default and I had to...
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    webcamd and browsers

    I've got a webcam working via webcamd and chromium. Today, I tried "piping" video through a virtual camera in OBS and almost got there but got stuck chrome not detecting the virtual camera. Basically, I get a /dev/video5 device, vlc successfully connects and displays the stream. I figured, this...
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    How To: Webcam and Microphone Inside of GUI Jail

    One-stop guide on how to get your webcam working inside of a GUI jail, including the microphone. Assumes you already have GUI set up inside the jail. My hardware: Ryzen Threadripper 3960x, NVIDIA 2080 RTX, Logitec C920 Webcam OVERVIEW - Background Info - Load Kernel Modules - Install...
  5. mcbig

    libv4l2: error querying buffer 0: Invalid argument

    Hi, i use FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p9 on HP Compaq Mini. ps x | grep webcam /usr/local/sbin/webcamd -i 0 -d ugen3.2 -B -U webcamd -G webcamd -H ls -la /dev/video0 crw-rw---- 1 webcamd webcamd 0x72 8 lis 10:53 /dev/video0 webcamd -l webcamd [-d ugen3.2] -N Bison-HP-Webcam-50 -S unknown -M 0...
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    Solved T480 Webcam not working

    I reinstalled FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE on my ThinkPad T480 and updated it to p10. In my saved configuration files, I copied my rc.conf to the new devices, loaded cuse and webcamd, everything looked fine until I loaded GNOME Cheese, which did not recognize the current devices. I fiddled with the...
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    Solved webcamd not working, USB_ERR_SHORT_XFER error

    I recently purchased a Logitech 1080p Pro Stream webcam, and I couldn't determine why it kept reporting usb_alloc_device: Failure selecting configuration index 0:USB_ERR_SHORT_XFER, port 4, addr 4 (ignored) I have no idea why the OS would expect more data than it received, but I knew this was...
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    TeVii S660 USB DVB-S2 working?

    Hi! Is anyone using a TeVii S660 USB DVB-S2 receiver? I'm using webcamd 5.3.7.1_1 on 12.1-RELEASE and webcamd says: Attached to ugen1.3[0] Loading firmware at '/boot/modules/dvb-usb-s660.fw', f=8 Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 Creating /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 Creating...
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    Solved Thinkpad T400 webcam in 12.1

    Not sure if this one is supported or not. Sounds like one on the X200 is supposed to be: https://wiki.freebsd.org/WebcamCompat I have cuse4bsd loaded. Can't get webcamd to work. ugen3.2: <Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. Integrated Camera> at usbus3, c fg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON...
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    Webcam not working

    Dear all, I want to use the Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 on FreeBSD 12.0 but it does not seem to work. While searching the net several other people seemed to had success getting the webcam to work (except audio which is not important to my use case). The webcam is supported in FreeBSD by...
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    Webcamd does not work

    Hi. I'm facing a problem regarding the operation of my webcam on FreeBSD 12.0-Release-p6. I have a Dell Inspiron running AMD E2 (64 bit) on 4 GB RAM. I've installed webcamd, v4l_compat, libv4l and pwcview. My /boot/loader.conf has the entry cuse_load="YES" and /etc/rc.conf has the entry...
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    FreeBSD 12 STABLE: Wacom bamboo fun CTH-661 how to

    To get your wacom bamboo fun CTH-661 working, start by installing xf86-input-wacom and adding this to your /etc/rc.conf: devd_enable="YES" #To use a wacom tablet webcamd_enable="YES" #To use a wacom tablet (and a webcam if you have it) Then do: cp...
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    webcamd unable to view video

    Hi, I'm trying to test if my camera Logictech C922 works with FreeBSD 11.2 installed on my system. I want to view the video output and the following is webcamd output: root@amd-sham:~ # webcamd Available device(s): webcamd [-d ugen0.1] -N 0x1022-XHCI-root-HUB -S unknown -M 0 webcamd [-d...
  14. Lajto

    How can I use my Logitech webcam in video calls?

    Hi everyone. I want to use my USB Logitech webcam in video calls. :) The webcam works when using pwcview, but when using Cheese it doesn't ("There was an error playing video from the webcam"). When I try to use it with Firefox (WebRTC services), it never works; appear.in doesn't show anything...
  15. jdb

    Can't get webcamd/motion to work...

    Hi :), I'm currently trying to get multimedia/webcamd and multimedia/motion working. My webcam: Logitech C310 HD | Vendor/ProductID (hex): 0x046d:0x081b I used these commands to install webcamd. cd /usr/ports/multimedia/webcamd && BATCH=YES make "WITHOUT=HAL" "WITH=VT_CLIENT VT_SERVER"...
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