Re: how to control webcam.

2020-08-19 Thread home user
> > > guvcview has a "-z" option to bring it up in control-only mode, > > > otherwise it grabs the video stream too. > > I did not see that option in the man page. How did you know (or find out) > > about it? > I ran "guvcview --help" and hoped it printed help :-) Where would we be without th

Re: how to control webcam.

2020-08-19 Thread home user
> From a script you can use uvcdynctrl. My experience is you can use > this while something else is actively using the webcam. Thank-you, Roger. If the other two don't work, I'll give this a try. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: how to control webcam.

2020-08-19 Thread DJ Delorie
"home user" writes: >> guvcview has a "-z" option to bring it up in control-only mode, > > I did not see that option in the man page. How did you know (or find out) > about it? I ran "guvcview --help" and hoped it printed help :-) ___ users mailing li

Re: how to control webcam.

2020-08-19 Thread home user
> I use gtk-v4l to control the webcam during meetings ok, I just installed that too. It launches ok, but until I have a zoom (or something similar) meeting, I won't know if it really works. > guvcview has a "-z" option to bring it up in control-only mode, > otherwise it grabs the video stream t

Re: how to control webcam.

2020-08-19 Thread Roger Heflin
From a script you can use uvcdynctrl. My experience is you can use this while something else is actively using the webcam. On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 1:45 PM DJ Delorie wrote: > > > I use gtk-v4l to control the webcam during meetings > > guvcview has a "-z" option to bring it up in control-only mod

Re: how to control webcam.

2020-08-19 Thread DJ Delorie
I use gtk-v4l to control the webcam during meetings guvcview has a "-z" option to bring it up in control-only mode, otherwise it grabs the video stream too. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le

Re: how to control webcam. [SOLVED]

2020-08-19 Thread home user
(on Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:54 AM mountain time, George wrote;) > I use guvcview. It's in the Fedora repo. Found it. My system claims it's in the rpmfusion-free repository. Installed it successfully (dnf install guvcview). Seems to work.  The real test will be during the next zoom meeting I'm an a

Re: how to control webcam.

2020-08-19 Thread George Avrunin
On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 16:42:08 -, home user wrote: > (f31; gnome) > > I have a Ligitech HD Pro Webcam C920; it connects to the tower via USB > port. I have not been able to find anything installed to control it, > for example to get it to zoom in or out. I also tried dnf and > dnfdragora to t