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Is there a python equivalent of MATLAB's webcamlist command, which lists the webcams installed on the PC?

SEU
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If you just want to list all the available camera you can use pygame's pygame.camera.list_cameras()

import pygame.camera

pygame.camera.init()

cam_list = pygame.camera.list_cameras()

print(cam_list)

P.S For installing pygame's camera, you need to have VideoCapture module installed you can use this answer to install it.

Masoud Rahimi
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  • Thanks, but it doesn't work."ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'VideoCapture' " It needs another module that's not available using pip – SEU Aug 24 '19 at 03:34
  • Thanks. the pip install method didn't work and it seems to be a Linux only solution from the other thread. – SEU Aug 24 '19 at 19:32
  • On Linux, I think `pip install videocapture` would be enough. If you still have a problem it is better to post it as a new question as it is not related to the current question. – Masoud Rahimi Aug 25 '19 at 03:38