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The Magewell capture streams have no audio capability.

Showcam

Overview

Showcam is a script to open a video window on the desktop for a video device. Sourcecode is here.

Usage

Code Block
languagebash
showcam [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND]

 

List Available Devices

Code Block
languagebash
showcam list

This will output a numbered list of available video devices. If a device is in use by another process, the output will also include the name of the process and its PID.

Show a Video Feed

To open a feed in a video window, use a command like this:

Code Block
languagebash
showcam show 0

where 0 is video device 0 from the showcam list command.

Options

The show subcommand supports the following options:

  • -m - Mirror the video feed. Useful for viewing webcam or Owl streams.