{"id":8223,"date":"2018-10-07T16:23:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T16:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8223"},"modified":"2018-10-07T16:23:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T16:23:02","slug":"guvcview-2-0-6-released-install-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/guvcview-2-0-6-released-install-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Guvcview 2.0.6 Released, How to Install it in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/guvcview-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8224\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Guvcview (GTK UVC Viewer), a simple tool for capturing &#038; viewing video from webcams and other v4l2 devices, reached 2.0.6 release earlier today.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guvcview.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guvcview<\/a> 2.0.6 is a small release with following changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add support for resizing the render window from the command line<\/li>\n<li>Update to new libavcodec API<\/li>\n<li>And some bug fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/guvcview-ubuntu1804.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/guvcview-ubuntu1804-600x371.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/guvcview-ubuntu1804-600x371.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/guvcview-ubuntu1804-450x278.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/guvcview-ubuntu1804-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/guvcview-ubuntu1804.jpg 1083w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Guvcview 2.0.6 in Ubuntu 18.04:<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~pj-assis\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" target=\"_blank\">developer&#8217;s PPA<\/a> so far contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Linux Mint 19.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal either via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from software launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pj-assis\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisks feedback due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/guvcview-ppa-600x88.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"88\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/guvcview-ppa-600x88.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/guvcview-ppa-450x66.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/guvcview-ppa.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> If you&#8217;ve installed an old version from Ubuntu Software, remove it via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove guvcview<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally install the 2.0.6 packages from the PPA repository via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install guvcview<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, launch the UVC viewer from application menu. To check the software version, run <code>guvcview -v<\/code> command in terminal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/launch-guvcview-450x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"222\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/launch-guvcview-450x222.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/launch-guvcview.jpg 516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove the software, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove guvcview<\/pre>\n<p>To remove the PPA, open <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> and navigate to <b>Other Software<\/b> tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guvcview (GTK UVC Viewer), a simple tool for capturing &#038; viewing video from webcams and other v4l2 devices, reached 2.0.6 release earlier today. 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