Anyone know if webcam functions can be controlled via Octoprint?

General
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The Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 has functr\ionality that I would like to use in OctoPrint. Has anybody done this with this or other cams?

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It's going to depend on the function in question. The biggest question would be can you do whatever that function is in a linux OS via command line. If you can figure that out, then there are ways within OctoPrint either via config.yaml or plugins to be able to send commands.

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One thing you could do is enable the full mjpg-streamer control interface. Editing your octopi.txt and finding the lines below would enable http://:8080/ which then gives you a control link to adjust some settings.

change the following text

#camera_http_webroot="./www-octopi"
#camera_http_options="-n"

to this:

camera_http_webroot="./www"
camera_http_options=""
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Thanks for the info, I'm still researching if there are commands that could be used...

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Search for V4l2-ctl, that controls the video drivers: