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I have a webcam in my laptop. I am user root, so I can do anything. The webcam works fine, everything worked out of the box. I can access it from Cheese and apply effects. I can also access the webcam from Skype (as /dev/video0)

But what I can't do, is apply an effect in Cheese (specifically the effect saturation, which produces a much better color quality than the quirky white balance without effects) and have Skype get the video stream with applied effects.

Is there any way to do that? As is, I cannot run two programs on /dev/video0 simultanously.

Probably what is needed is retrieving the stream from /dev/video0, apply the effects, and forward as stream to a virtual device, like /dev/video1

Anybody knows how to do that?

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There is a program called "WebcamStudio" which should do exactly what you are asking.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/webcamstudio/

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  • can it broadcast direct to skype? – Mark Rooney Apr 05 '12 at 23:41
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    Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. – Peachy Aug 24 '12 at 17:45
  • The above link takes you to a website that declares "REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY BOOSTS SKIN CARE RESULTS". – larsks Sep 09 '16 at 15:28
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The project is continuing on google code here:

http://code.google.com/p/webcamstudio/

There you can also find a ppa for daily builds, so you do not need to compile it yourself:

https://launchpad.net/~webcamstudio/+archive/webcamstudio-dailybuilds

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    Since this answer was posted, the project moved to https://sourceforge.net/projects/webcamstudio/ and was subsequently abandoned. – larsks Sep 09 '16 at 15:30
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    Yes, webcamstudio is no longer maintained. Isn't there any alternative? – eDeviser Mar 06 '19 at 21:02