Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Test a webcam from the command line on Linux with VLC

Since this info was too well hidden on the internet, here is the information:
cvlc v4l2:///dev/video0
and there you go.
If you have multiple cameras connected, you can try /dev/video0 up to /dev/video5

1 comment:

victorhck said...

Interesting tip!!!

I shared in my blog in spanish:
https://victorhckinthefreeworld.com/2020/07/13/activar-camara-web-linux-linea-comandos/

Greetings!!!