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Droidcam unable to find dev/video0

After recently installing a system update droidcam will no longer open and fails with the message: Device not found (/dev/video[0-9]). Did you install it? Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
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Droidcam Installation Error on Ubuntu 18.04

I've been trying to install Droidcam on my Ubuntu 18.04 and I've encountered an error I can't solve: root@homelab:/tmp/droidcam-64bit# sudo ./install Webcam parameters: '640' and '480' Building v4l2loopback-dc.ko make: Entering directory…
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Error installing DroidCam in Ubuntu 20.04

I want to use my phone camera as a webcam in my computer with Ubuntu. I read that DroidCam is the easiest way... So, I tried following the official script: https://www.dev47apps.com/droidcam/linuxx/ cd /tmp/ wget…
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Droidcam on Ubuntu22.04 not Working [Video Device not found]

I tried to install Droidcam on Ubuntu 22.04 following instructions on https://www.dev47apps.com/droidcam/linux/ but when I open it this error pops up : Droidcam/v4l2loopback device not found(/dev/video[0-9]).Did it install correctly? If you had a…
Brahim Masm
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Where to see Video Output of Droidcam in Ubuntu

I am submitting this question after searching a lot. So please help me. So I have successfully installed Droidcam both on my Ubuntu 18.04 and android device. I have connected both through USB cable run adb devices and device found. Press connect on…
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How to install DroidCam PC Client for Ubuntu 20.04?

I'm trying to install DroidCam PC client in my Ubuntu 20.04 but I'm not able to do so. The linux headers are installed, and the zip file too is installed but I'm not able to unzip it. Either this: tar: invalid option -- '[some image type of…
Nithish Janakiraman
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Ubuntu 18.04 don't recognize Droidcam as a sound input device

I am trying to use my android device as a webcam. I am using Droidcam and video is being shared properly. But I still have no voice. Ubuntu doesn't recognize Driodcam as a sound input device. I don't know what is causing the problem and how should I…
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How do I avoid shutdown/restart authentication caused by application inhibition in my Ubuntu 18.04 system?

When I am trying to restart/shutdown my Ubuntu 18.04, it requires authentication, showing dialog box with message: "Authentication is required for rebooting/powering_off the system while an application asked to inhibit it" Is there any way to…
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Install Droidcam pc client for ubuntu 16.04

sudo apt-get install droidcam Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package droidcam How to install Droidcam client for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?
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Error while installing droidcam

After typing sudo apt-get install droidcam i am getting error :- Setting up droidcam (1.3-0ubuntu0) ... tar: *.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now dpkg: error processing package droidcam…
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Droicam working on Firefox but not on Chromium browser

Following this guide, I have installed droidcam and connected my phone camera to my PC on Ubuntu 22.02. I use https://webcamtests.com/ to test my camera and it is working on Firefox. However, using the same site, the camera is not detected on…
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DroidCam error while loading shared libraries

I have installed Droidcam On Xubuntu 20.04 LTS with this great tutorial. After running Droidcam in terminal, I came across this error: error while loading shared libraries: libappindicator3.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or…
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No audio after installing droidcam on Ubuntu 18.04

I installed droidcam by following the steps given here. However after installing the sound stopped working. The speakers don't work, neither do headphone. I uninstalled it and it started working again. Any help on how to use droidcam and be able to…
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Droidcam Ubuntu 18.04 Error

When I try to install DroidCam, I get this error: stud:~/Desktop/droidcam-64bit$ ./install Webcam parameters: '640' and '480' Building v4l2loopback-dc.ko ./install: line 36: make: command not found Anyone seen this before? Any help would be…
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Installing droidcam error ppa not found

I'm following this guideline on setting up droidcam so I can use my android phone as a webcam, the first two scripts run okay but when I run sudo apt-get update there's an error related to the installation E: Failed to fetch…
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