USB webcam issues [again] xenialpup64-7.5

[boof]

USB webcam not detected, when in skype etc freezes frame if anything. AFAIR there's a missing file of some sort?????? works fine in win 10. Webcam has internal mic. Device listed as
<Z-Star Microelectronics Corp>.
<Venus USB2.0 camera>
Vendor 0xac8
Producy ID 0x3420

NB PC lid webcam not detected either, but also works in win10.

PC is HP 15-250 G4
TIA

[watchdog]

I would try to install v4l-utils by PPM.

[Mike Walsh]

I do find that for Linux use, it definitely pays to refer to the Linux UVC driver & tools page, here:-

http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/

The UVC (USB Video Class) kernel driver module is the kernel's built-in driver for USB webcams. It doesn't support all webcams yet - far from it! - but you can guarantee that if a webcam is mentioned in the list on this page, it is UVC-compliant, and will literally be 'plug & play' in Puppy. (As I myself have found out, yet again, today:- http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=113199 )

If you dual-boot, all the more reason to make use of this webpage. Any camera listed will most certainly simply 'work' in both Windoze and Pup.

There's several web-sites out there which purport to test your webcam online, but this is the only one I've found which shows your camera's video feed, plus the FPS output it's running at:-

https://www.onlinemictest.com/webcam-test/


Mike.

[boof]

This command works, but no sound. Thanks.

mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0