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Sick of tinkering, seeking help (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Mandy@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@sh.itjust.works

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I have been using linux for a couple of years now and the most infuriating thing to this day are when things just dont work when they should, when you have to perform some terminal-fu to make certain things even work.

So here i am, pleading for help for two specific issues before i jump back into using a specific distro (yes, most things a distro does are agnostic and can be achieve by others, but thats not my point here)

Here the things i would like to work (with little to no tinkering if possible) webmotioncapture, runs fine over wine but doesnt detect my camera (vseeface is not an option as it doesnt detect hands and needs some serious code-fu to make that work, also didnt detect my camera)

have my camera work and be detected in linux and wine (Anker PowerConf C200)

if anybody could point into a distro direction, or actually easy to understand absolute minimal tinkering instructions, id be very gratefull

update: i genuinely cant believe it, wecammotioncapture, works under wine, without any tinkering, hallelujah!

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[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

thank you but i am aware of these two links

the first one doesnt relate to me, it talks about fov and not making the camera itself work

i explained in my psot how vseeface is not an option due to the camera not working with it

but thank you regardless for your help

[–] TimeMuncher2@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Then try installing windows in a virtual machine and use the camera. Why waste time in Linux trying to forcibly make it work.

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

cause i dont like windows? and trying to make a camera work through virtual machine sounds quite resource intensive