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- | Slitaz provide all the necessary tools to take picture, record and strean a webcam output. | + | Slitaz provides all the necessary tools to take pictures, record and stream webcam output. |
===== Installation ====== | ===== Installation ====== | ||
- | by default your webcam may not be detected due to missinf kernel drivers and this is normal since SliTaz dont provide webcam support on the LiveCD. To install the drivers and load it: | + | By default your webcam may not be detected due to missing kernel drivers and this is normal since SliTaz doesn't provide webcam support on the LiveCD. To install and load the drivers: |
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# modprobe uvcvideo | # modprobe uvcvideo | ||
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- | You can check if the kernel loaded correctly the module with: 'dmesg | tail'. The webcam may be used with | + | You can check if the kernel correctly loaded the module with: 'dmesg | tail'. The webcam may be used with |
- | skype and other visio tools. To try the webcam with Mplayer: | + | skype and other visual tools. To try the webcam with Mplayer: |
$ mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0 -vo x11 | $ mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0 -vo x11 | ||
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===== Pictures and recording === | ===== Pictures and recording === | ||
- | To take pictures or record the webcam you van install and use Mplayer: | + | To take pictures or record using the webcam you can install Mplayer: |
# tazpkg -gi mplayer | # tazpkg -gi mplayer |