{"id":45308,"date":"2024-01-23T11:17:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T11:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=45308"},"modified":"2024-01-23T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T11:18:07","slug":"uvc-webcam-software-guvcview-2-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/uvc-webcam-software-guvcview-2-1-0\/","title":{"rendered":"UVC Webcam\/Camera Software Guvcview 2.1.0 Released (Ubuntu PPA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/usb-camera-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-45309\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/usb-camera-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/usb-camera-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/usb-camera-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/usb-camera-icon-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/usb-camera-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/usb-camera-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guvcview, the free open-source tool for capturing image\/video and dynamically controlling UVC camera and webcam devices, released version 2.1.0.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a GTK3 and Qt5 application that provides both graphical interface and command line options to control your webcam or camera.<\/p>\n<p>With it, you can change the <b>brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, white balance (gamma), sharpness, backlight compensation<\/b>, etc settings for your webcam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcontrol-blur.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45310\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcontrol-blur-700x319.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcontrol-blur-700x319.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcontrol-blur-300x137.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcontrol-blur-768x349.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcontrol-blur-1536x699.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcontrol-blur-1320x601.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcontrol-blur.webp 1635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides the dynamic control of UVC (USB Video Class) camera\/webcam, it also allows to capture video with control of frame rate, filters such as mirror, invert, pieces, blur, etc. Also, capture audio with sample rate, latency, and filters including echo, reverb, fuzz, wahwah, and ducky.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-videoaudio-control.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45311\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-videoaudio-control-700x419.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-videoaudio-control-700x419.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-videoaudio-control-300x180.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-videoaudio-control-768x460.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-videoaudio-control-1320x790.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-videoaudio-control.webp 1433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>These are hardware specific controls<\/b>. Meaning you can use it to control your webcam\/camera for other running applications. Just start it via <code>guvcview --control_panel<\/code> command, then you can do the dynamic control for OBS-Studio, Skype, and\/or other Video Chatting apps.<\/p>\n<p>And, <a href=\"https:\/\/guvcview.sourceforge.net\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guvcview<\/a> 2.1.0 is the most recent version released hours ago with following changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix audio channels deprecated warning for avcodec &gt;= 58<\/li>\n<li>Add button click support for certain type of digital microscopes<\/li>\n<li>Fix minimum version for audio channels api deprecated warning for avcodec &gt;= 59<\/li>\n<li>Fix COPYING to the same GPL version (v2) as the source files<\/li>\n<li>Add binary fx filter<\/li>\n<li>Make guvcview skip metadada devices<\/li>\n<li>Enable OSD crosshair size to be changed in config<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install guvcview in Ubuntu Linux<\/h3>\n<p>The software is available in Ubuntu system repositories. User can installed it either from Ubuntu Software or App Center, which however is old.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest version, there&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~pj-assis\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official PPA<\/a> so far supports <b>Ubuntu 22.04<\/b>, <b>Ubuntu 23.10<\/b>, and <b>Ubuntu 24.04<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>1. First, press <code>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pj-assis\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-ppa.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45312\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-ppa-700x258.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-ppa-700x258.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-ppa-300x111.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-ppa-768x283.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/guvcview-ppa.webp 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Linux Mint users need to refresh package cache by running the command below in terminal after adding PPA, though Ubuntu will do the job automatically.<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p>3. Finally, install the webcam control software by running command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install guvcview<\/pre>\n<p><i>For KDE and LXQt users, you may replace <code>guvcview<\/code> with <code>guvcview-qt<\/code> in command to install the Qt based interface<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/apt-guvcview.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45313\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/apt-guvcview-700x312.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/apt-guvcview-700x312.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/apt-guvcview-300x134.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/apt-guvcview-768x342.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/apt-guvcview.webp 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, either launch it from start menu or &#8216;Activities&#8217; overview depends on your desktop environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/launch-guvcview.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45314\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/launch-guvcview.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/launch-guvcview.webp 525w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/launch-guvcview-300x159.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or, run <code>guvcview --control_panel<\/code> command in terminal to start only control panel for configuring your camera\/webcam for other applications.<\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall guvcview<\/h3>\n<p>To remove the software, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt remove --autoremove guvcview<\/pre>\n<p>Also, remove the PPA either by running command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:pj-assis\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p>or by launching &#8220;<code>Software &amp; Updates<\/code>&#8221; and remove the source line under <code>Other Software<\/code> tab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/remove-guvcview-ppa.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45315\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/remove-guvcview-ppa-700x429.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/remove-guvcview-ppa-700x429.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/remove-guvcview-ppa-300x184.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/remove-guvcview-ppa-768x470.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/remove-guvcview-ppa.webp 1009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guvcview, the free open-source tool for capturing image\/video and dynamically controlling UVC camera and webcam devices, released version 2.1.0. 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