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Handbook-multimedia: Update webcamd rc.conf flags suggestion

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Pull Request:	https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/665
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Miguel Dias Gomes
2026-05-16 10:36:14 +02:00
committed by Sergio Carlavilla Delgado
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@@ -528,13 +528,13 @@ Configure the available webcam executing the following command:
[source,shell]
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# sysrc webcamd_0_flags="-d ugen0.2" <.>
# sysrc webcamd_0_flags="-N SunplusIT-Inc-HP-TrueVision-HD-Camera" <.>
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[NOTE]
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Note here that if this is a plug-and-play USB webcam, changing the USB port to which it is connected will change the output from `webcamd -l`, and the entry in rc.conf might need to be updated.
For laptops that use USB integrated webcams, this should not be an issue.
Note here that if this is a plug-and-play USB webcam, changing the USB port to which it is connected will change the output from `webcamd -l`, specifically the device identifier, and the entry in rc.conf might need to be updated. To avoid this issue either use the device name (`-N` option) and/or match with the device serial number if known (`-S` option) as displayed in the output of `webcamd -l`.
For static devices, for example integrated laptop cameras, you can use the device identifier (`-d` option).
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The man:webcamd[8] service must be started by executing the following command: