this post was submitted on 09 May 2025
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Not sure what the use case is here but Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) works great.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends on what you're trying to do with the webcam.

If you just want to take pictures and videos, you can use Cheese.

If you want the webcam to be accessible to other devices on your network so you can view it remotely, you can use Motion (requires a small amount of configuration, but afterward it Just Works)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does it matter what kind of cheese?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yes, it needs to be Cheese not cheese.