- A small utility to switch your webcam on/off, microphone mute/unmute for Linux Desktops ([Qt5](https://gitlab.com/linuxer.gr/camera-control-webcam-switch-indicator/issues/5), [Gtk3 maybe in the future](https://gitlab.com/inuxer.gr/camera-control-webcam-switch-indicator/issues/4))
- This project replaces the [camera monitor](https://launchpad.net/cameramonitor), for having the full webcam status on tray and provides for both camera and microphone switch functions aditionally.
### Some screenshots (but also see the latest [release videos](https://gitlab.com/psposito/camera-control-webcam-switch-indicator/-/blob/master/README.md#video-demos) below:
(Leftside of images is the System Blacklist/Whitelist added functions, Camera / Microphone Shield status tray icon, Microphone Staus Icon and the last is the Camera Control tray icon):
#### Note: Some of them belong to previous versions, but are more, or less, the same outputs, except that from 2.0.2 Release, are normal Windovw Forms, not messages.
- Capturing (Do not use Camera Off,if you want to force stop it any more)
![Screenshot](https://imgur.com/WTlgkrl.png)
- Stop Capturing (kill), best to be at System level
![Screenshot](https://imgur.com/eDfc0Ub.png)
Process number information
![Screenshot](https://imgur.com/YIu4SJy.png)
- Switch Camera to Off:
![Screenshot](https://imgur.com/ll6HWum.png)
- Camera is Off for the User and Applications using the Webcam driver, Do not use to stop Capturing (can be killed) [#5](https://gitlab.com/psposito/camera-control-webcam-switch-indicator/issues/5):
- Forced to Reboot if Kernel module V4L2 produces 59 lines by switching the Camera, [from On/Off and from Off/On, when Hacking Events occur](https://gitlab.com/inuxer.gr/camera-control-webcam-switch-indicator/-/wikis/Project-History-and-other-Details#found-v4l2-limitations-forcing-for-reboot-when-v4l2-video-on-comes-to-number-60-it-is-mandatory-to-reboot-because-kernel-does-not-generate-more-devices-and-video-capture-is-not-possible)
#### For Desktops not based on Gtk, but on Qt i.e. KDE, LxQt etc, it may be neccessary to be installed, for proper appearance of icons, menus e.t.c., the following package:
#### For Desktops not based on Qt, but on GTK i.e. Gnome, LxDE, XFCE etc, it may be neccessary to be installed, for proper appearance of icons, menus e.t.c., the following packages:
- ##### `qt5ct` (All Distributions)
- ##### `qt5-style-plugins` (All Distributions, but OpenSuse)
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