Fujifilm_as_webcam

This is a simple guide to use your fujifilm camera as a webcam.

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sudo apt-get install gphoto2 v4l2loopback-utils v4l2loopback-dkms ffmpeg

modprobe setup

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sudo modprobe -r v4l2loopback
sudo modprobe v4l2loopback exclusive_caps=1 max_buffers=2 

check video sources

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ls -l /dev/video* 

Make sure there is no gphoto process already running:

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ps aux | grep gphoto 

check is camera is detected by gphoto2:

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gphoto2 --auto-detect 

start the webcam

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gphoto2 --stdout --capture-movie | ffmpeg -i - -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/video2 