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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">fswebcam</span></span></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== General Setup ==<br /> <br /> Webcam Setup - ArchWiki - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Webcam_Setup<br /> <br /> == motion ==<br /> <br /> === Install ===<br /> <br /> yum:<br /> yum install motion # in external repo like FusionRPM<br /> <br /> apt:<br /> apt-get install motion<br /> <br /> manual:<br /> wget &quot;http://sourceforge.net/projects/motion/files/latest/download?source=files&quot; -O motion.tar.gz<br /> tar -zvxf motion.tar.gz<br /> cd motion-*<br /> ./configure --prefix=/opt/motion<br /> make<br /> sudo make install<br /> sudo ln -s /opt/motion/etc /etc/motion<br /> <br /> == fswebcam ==<br /> <br /> === Install ===<br /> <br /> manual:<br /> yum install gd-devel<br /> <br /> git clone http://github.com/fsphil/fswebcam<br /> cd fswebcam<br /> # OR<br /> wget http://www.firestorm.cx/fswebcam/files/fswebcam-20140113.tar.gz<br /> tar -zvxf fswebcam-20140113.tar.gz<br /> cd fswebcam-20140113<br /> <br /> ./configure --prefix=/opt/fswebcam<br /> make<br /> sudo make install<br /> <br /> === Usage ===<br /> <br /> /opt/fswebcam/bin/fswebcam -d /dev/video0 test.jpg<br /> <br /> /opt/fswebcam/bin/fswebcam -d /dev/video0 -r 640x480 test.jpg<br /> <br /> Start 3 frames in: (fixes an issue on some cameras)<br /> /opt/fswebcam/bin/fswebcam -d /dev/video0 -S 3 test.jpg<br /> <br /> Use a different palette: (fixes an issue on some cameras)<br /> /opt/fswebcam/bin/fswebcam -d /dev/video0 -p YUYV test.jpg<br /> <br /> Time Stamp<br /> # default<br /> /opt/fswebcam/bin/fswebcam -d /dev/video0 --timestamp &quot;%Y-%m-%d %H:%M (%Z)&quot; test.jpg<br /> # with seconds<br /> /opt/fswebcam/bin/fswebcam -d /dev/video0 --timestamp &quot;%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S (%Z)&quot; test.jpg</div>

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