Need a webcam in Ubuntu? No problem thanks to Android. | Linux Today

Need a webcam in Ubuntu? No problem thanks to Android.

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Ben Towers
Oct 25, 2018

Droidcam is an android application and corresponding v4l2 (Video for Linux 2) driver that enables a Linux system to access the camera on an android phone over a local area network, USB connection or through a web browser.

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