Wednesday, January 16, 2013

How To Setup A USB Webcam With Cheese

Got a Linux box that doesn't have a webcam (like a Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 Webcam)but want to use Skype?  The solution to this issue is to install and setup Cheese.  To do this use the following command in the Terminal:
sudo apt-get install cheese
Next, run Cheese. Cheese should automatically detect your webcam and display live video stream.

More info below:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeWebCams
http://www.ehow.com/how_5610857_mount-usb-camera-ubuntu.html
http://askubuntu.com/questions/73357/how-do-i-install-the-driver-for-a-microsoft-lifecam-vx-3000

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