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Turned my DSLR into a webcam but Chrome does not recognize it

I followed this other post and managed to turn my DSLR into a webcam successfully. To test it, I can see the live video in applications like guvcview and my DSLR is recognized as Dummy video device (0x0000). But the same device can not be found in…
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Supply correct pixel format & parameters from gphoto2 feeding into ffmpeg using v4l2loopback

I have Nikon D3300 camera and want to feed video output into my computer as part of live streaming with OBS. I successfully installed v4l2loopback as well as gphoto2 on my Ubuntu 18.04. I already had ffmpeg installed. (Their all version information…
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How can I install Gphoto2?

I'm new to (K)ubuntu. Does anybody know how to install the gphoto2 software?
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gphoto2 /FFmpeg: Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?):

First question here as I have been finding answers to everything else I had issues with previously, thanks to all who contribute here.. I followed this guide to use gphoto2 and ffmpeg to use my Fuji X-T2 live feed as a…
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Problem setting dslr up as webcam

I am trying to set up my nikon d7000 dslr as a video device for Ubuntu 18.04, as shown in this article. When I try to start the video stream/device with gphoto2 --capture-movie --stdout | ffmpeg -loglevel verbose -i - -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt…
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gphoto2 movie capture error: no Viewfinder mode for Canon EOS 400D Rebel XTi

I recently got an Canon EOS 400D to use as a webcam for recording videos. I checked gphoto2 documentation to make sure that it can work as a webcam. The documentation says "Yes" for the Liveview/webcam column for 400D: I used THIS YouTube tutorial…
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Using a DSLR camera as a webcam to stream on OBS

I've recently changed from Windows to Ubuntu and I'm trying to get my DSLR camera (Canon Rebel T3) to function as a webcam so I can make those cool videos about old racing games and its cars (remember the Renault Espace with an F1 engine from Gran…
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How to improve gphoto2 liveview output?

I tried adding my Canon EOS M50 as a webcam using v4l2 loopback like this: gphoto2 --stdout --capture-movie | ffmpeg -i - -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/video0 It works but the picture is 512x288. On the other hand…
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FFmpeg - Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): No such file or directory

I have a Nikon D7000 which is supported by gphoto2 and can successfully take a photo. However I cannot get this camera to work as a webcam as I thought I would be able to. Please see below: hutber@hutber:~$ gphoto2 --stdout --capture-movie | ffmpeg…
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install gphoto2 without libgphoto

I've been trying to install gphoto 2-2.5.20 and libgphoto2-2.5.22 but whenever i install gphoto it uses the older libgphoto2-2.5.12 which dosn't work with my camera(Olympus E-M1 Mark II) . Is there any good tutorial out there how to install…
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digiKam 4.14.0 cannot download photos from my PTP camera in Kubuntu 16.10

Ubuntu 16.10/Kubuntu 16.10 ship with the photo management program digiKam 4.14.0. digiKam 4.14.0 can detect my PTP camera (Canon Powershot G1 X); the camera is listed under "Import -> Cameras -> xyz". When I click on my camera name nothing happens.…
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how to automate kill PIDs to solve `Could not claim the USB device`?

I have the same problem in this link, but the problem is I want to automate this process in an executable file, without the need to kill first PIDs every time. in fact, I want my executable file to detect these PIDs each time, and then kill them if…
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DSLR with gphoto2

I'm trying to use my Nikon D3100 DSLR camera to make timelapses of my 3D prints with Octolapse. However, when I send the gphoto2 --capture-image command the camera freezes and it enters in a some kind of never-ending loading state. I'm running…
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Ubuntu focal fossa and Sony A7RII usb tethering

I cannot connect my Sony A7RII camera except for file transfer; lsusb shows not output related to the camera. The latest gphoto2 is installed and gphoto2 --list-cameras| grep -i "A7R II" claims that the camera is supported (libgphoto2 web page…
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gphoto2 - GUI and save settings?

Just discovered gphoto2 2.5.15 on Ubuntu 18.04, and it connects to my camera - and this works: $ gphoto2 --list-all-config /main/actions/focuslock Label: Focus Lock Readonly: 0 Type:…
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