WEBCAMOID(1)

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version 9.4.0 · 9 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 WEBCAMOID 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because Webcamoid is literally the full featured camera capture application and I am obsessed. this is the manual page for Webcamoid, and yes we're reading it together, no you cannot skip it, it's giving study date energy. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

webcamoid [options]

that's it. that's the whole summoning incantation. you run webcamoid, you maybe sprinkle some [options] on top like glitter, and boom. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like. Webcamoid is a real time video processing suite and the way that it's targeting but not limited to webcams, video and desktop?? versatile queen behavior honestly. 👑

you can:

  • add a bunch of effects to your video (yes, a bunch, the original said a bunch, so a bunch it is)
  • take pictures 📸
  • and record it to a video file

real time video processing. all of it. at once. main character energy fr fr.

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

here's the whole menu, every single flag, nobody gets left behind:

  • -h, --help — displays this help. your little "wait what do I do" safety net. 🫶
  • -v, --version — displays version information. shows you what era of Webcamoid you're living in.
  • -c <PATH>, --config <PATH> — load settings from PATH. and okay important detail: if PATH is empty, it loads configs from the application directory instead. so empty = app directory, got it? got it. 💖
  • -r, --recursive — search in the specified plugins paths recursively. it goes deep. 🔥
  • -p <PATH1;PATH2;PATH3;...>, --paths <PATH1;PATH2;PATH3;...> — a semi-colon separated list of paths to search for plugins. note the delimiter bestie, it's a ; not a : , do not play yourself.
  • -b <PATH1;PATH2;PATH3;...>, --no-load <PATH1;PATH2;PATH3;...> — a semi-colon separated list of paths to avoid loading. this is the block list. the "we don't serve your kind here" list. 🙈
ngl the semi-colon thing is the plot twist of this whole page. PATH1;PATH2;PATH3;... fr fr. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these too, they're the extended universe:

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug?? 😭 don't suffer in silence, please report all bugs at:

https://github.com/webcamoid/webcamoid/issues

the maintainers want to know. it's not snitching, it's community service. 💜

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this whole thing was made by Gonzalo Exequiel Pedone (hipersayan.x@gmail.com). legend behavior, we stan. 🌟

reminder bestie: the vibe is mine but the facts are all Webcamoid's. don't come for me, I just translated. 😌

and that's the page!! tysm for reading with me, you officially know Webcamoid now, slay. 💅✨

this was the Webcamoid Users's Manual, Version 9.4.0, dated 23 Sep 2026. mwah, bye bestie!! 🎀🦋🌸

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