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Posted: **Wed Oct 14, 2020 11:49 am**

Hello,

I would like to use the app "Droidcam" under Puppy (current version: fossapup649.5frugal).
It works on Windows. I have installation errors on Linux.

https://www.dev47apps.com/droidcam/linux/
https://www.dev47apps.com

Greeting
Siegfried

Posted: **Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:09 pm**

hi @WKM

here's some instructions for droidcam....

1. install the 'devx' from quickpet>>useful
2. install the 'kernel src' from quickpet>>useful
3. then follow the droidcam install instructions

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wget https://files.dev47apps.net/linux/droidcam_latest.zip
unzip droidcam_latest.zip -d droidcam && cd droidcam
./install

4. to run use droidcam in the terminal
5. use menu>>>multimedia>>>guvcview to view the camera output

or if you are feeling lazy here's a .pet with a menu entry

Posted: **Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:46 am**

Hello,
I followed everything so. Droidcam works as it should.
Thank you for your competent help,

Greeting
Siegfried

Posted: **Fri May 21, 2021 1:39 am**

Hi @666philb or anyone: Any ideas for having the system show the local USB camera's video.

Droidcam is only built for cameras that are NOT attached to the PC.

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Posted: **Fri May 21, 2021 2:56 am**

Clarity wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 1:39 am
Any ideas for having the system show the local USB camera's video.

You can try using xawtv(viewer for TV tuners and cams) - PPM has it. Something like this:

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xawtv -c /dev/video0

With Nvidia card:

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xawtv -nodga -c /dev/video0

Fossapup has Guvcview. In general, VLC and mpv(and everything based on it) should be able to do this.

Posted: **Fri May 21, 2021 9:49 am**

Grey wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 2:56 am
... Fossapup has Guvcview. In general, VLC and mpv(and everything based on it) should be able to do this.

Thanks. Never knew Guvcview was built-in. It probably should be in the Menu under Multimedia, making it easy to find and use, since a growing number of us have and are using these local units for various needs.

Others may find this of interest: I've found 2 videos which give some useful ideas to use the USB webcam

Video1
Video2

Thanks for your directions!

Posted: **Fri May 21, 2021 10:34 am**

Grey wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 2:56 am
... You can try using xawtv(viewer for TV tuners and cams) - PPM has it. ...

I tried xawtv on not one but 2 USBs to see if I could get either to show the camera's view. 'xawtv', after reading seems to have promise beyond just the webcams.

PPM installs fine. Yet in use???
Here's what is happening in the terminal...but NO video window emerges. 'video0 &video1' are from camera #1 while 'video2&3' got added when the 2nd camera was plugged in. Neither offered a window feed.

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USBcam console log.txt: (4.29 KiB) Downloaded 49 times

Posted: **Fri May 21, 2021 11:07 am**

Clarity wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 10:34 am
but NO video window emerges.

If Guvcview works, then forget about this xawtv

Posted: **Fri May 21, 2021 11:23 am**

Clarity wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 9:49 am
I've found 2 videos which give some useful ideas to use the USB webcam

In my opinion, the most interesting combination of camera and computer is Stop Motion Animations. Many Soviet-Russian cartoons were made in this manner. Of course, "Wallace and Gromit" comes to mind from British animations.
A children's club(more likely a studio) was recently opened in my town, and there children sculpt various figures(people, animals, furniture and so on) from plasticine, and then create stop motion animations. Programs are used: Linux Stopmotion and qStopMotion, as well as Entangle and something else.
I'm trying to persuade a studio manager I know to switch to Puppy Linux
Five minutes of madness :

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