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linkmaster03
June 8th, 2008, 09:07 PM
How can I view what the webcam is seeing as I'm recording it?
Sub101
June 8th, 2008, 09:10 PM
Do you mean as in your own webcam?
"Cheese" is a good option for doing this
linkmaster03
June 11th, 2008, 06:43 PM
Thank you very much! It worked!

Any newbies reading this thread, type:


sudo apt-get install cheese
cheese

To install and run cheese.
aktiwers
June 11th, 2008, 07:03 PM
Also if you want to use Mplayer or just do general troubleshooting this link is very good:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam

Helped me a couple of times