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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by looofooo0 on Friday January 17, 2025 @04:17AM (#42735574)
Canon G5 X mark 2 does not seem to be supported by gphoto:

http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php

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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by ChrisMLane on Friday January 17, 2025 @04:47AM (#42735814)
Worth a try compiling a custom version after adding to https://github.com/knro/libgphoto2/blob/master/camlibs/canon... Hopefully it's as easy as that.

I'm able to pipe gphoto2 frames to a pipewire sink or v4l2 device and it works great for making my Canon EOS 250D into a webcam.

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