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This is an old topic mostly-obsoleted by video conferencing.

• Software > /tag/webcam-software

See also:

• VoIP
• Video playing software

• Video conferencing

Requirements ∞

• Text overlay (Watermarking).

  • Occasionally-moving watermarking would also be useful.

• Image overlay (swap video out with an image).

  • Should be easy to use, with templates that I can create ahead of time and trivially switch to.

• Picture-in-picture.

  • Screencasting.
  • Application sharing.

• Audio overlay, so that I can mix in a radio source without have it playing over my PC speakers.

  • e.g. perfect quality and no feedback.

Advanced features ∞

• Mix multiple video sources together. Multiple webcams (angles), show desktop and webcam.

• Spool to disk, so I can save and cut apart recordings.

  • No video editing required, though that would be quite useful.
  • Metadata-esque/rubberhosing watermarking would be useful.

Webcam capture software for Linux ∞

(Linux)

/tag/webcam-software+linux-software

Notes probably from my early PCLinuxOS days..

• camorama seems ok. But it looks like it's only for taking pictures.
• wxcam sucks
• wmwebcam

• fswebcam

  • smart install libgd-devel
  • It automagically works, but it seems to only take a snapshot..

• XawTV?

Other stuff that can use a webcam:

• YouTube or other video services, via a browser.

Last updated 2020-11-16 at 12:15:53