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Idea #12138: webcam control panel app

Written by yzarc the 12 Aug 08 at 11:29. Category: Hardware support. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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ubuntu should have a webcam control panel app where would be possible to set configurations like brightness, colour, exposure, etc while we are using the webcam in any application.
maybe some effects too.
Tags: webcam

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #12138
Written by yzarc the 12 Aug 08 at 11:29.
ubuntu should have a webcam control panel app where would be possible to set configurations like brightness, colour, exposure, etc while we are using the webcam in any application.maybe some effects too.
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Solution #2: Integrate this settings manager into Cheese.
Written by Holmen the 11 Oct 09 at 23:27.
Make use Cheese's settings manager to be the settings for the overall system.
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Solution #3: Applications menu should have entry for "guvcview -o"
Written by mikko.rantalainen the 7 Oct 10 at 10:50.
"guvcview -o" provides a control panel for web cameras and has ability to save and load settings. A suitable location for entry could also be System - Preferences.

Some work for it would still be required:
- ability to select device from the UI (if multiple cameras has been connected)
- ability to silently and automatically load predefined configuration for a camera during login/system startup.
- only works with UVC cameras, support for cameras with random data interfaces would be much harder to implement

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mawx wrote on the 18 Sep 08 at 09:56
This should not be too hard to implement. At least the gspca kernel module offers an interface in
/sys/modules/gspca/parameters
where one can set gamma and rgb values for the cam. What it would take would be a graphical interface for that. So far it only works when restarting the webcam applications - so maybe it could be integrated into cheese and the like or we'd need something like a dbus-signal to tell them to refresh.

chicodj wrote on the 8 Jan 09 at 01:46
i support this idea.

braaivleis wrote on the 8 Jan 09 at 06:13
+1
Will UVC webcams make this possible or easier to implement?


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