webcam help

valintino's icon
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Hi all just a quick question... I want to use a simple usb webcam to capture video for my patcher, but my laptop has a built in webcam and the patcher always uses the built in camera not the external webcam. How can I get around this? this is the start of the patcher

MIB's icon

have a look at the helpfile. in particular you might be interested in the messages [input $1] and [vdevice $1].

Luke Woodbury's icon
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Try this:

pukulsesuatu's icon

also try this for window

629.test2.maxpat
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valintino's icon

Thanks for your help guys