Various proprietary as well as free and open-source software is available to handle the UVC stream. One could use Guvcview or GStreamer and GStreamer-based software to handle the UVC stream. Another could use multiple USB cameras attached to the host computer the software resides on, and broadcast multiple streams at once over (Wireless) Ethernet, such as MotionEye. MotionEye can either be installed onto a Raspberry Pi as MotionEyeOs, or afterwards on Raspbian as well. MotionEye can also be set up on Debian, Raspbian is a variant of Debian. Note that MotionEye V4.1.1 ( Aug '21 ) can only run on Debian 10 Buster ( oldstable ) and Python 2.7. Newer versions such as 3.X are not supported at this point of time according to Ccrisan, foundator and author of MotionEye. World's oldest webcam' to be switched off". BBC News. 20 August 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019 . Retrieved 20 August 2019.

Most models use simple, focal-free optics (fixed focus, factory-set for the usual distance from the monitor to which it is fastened to the user) or manual focus. G. Langer et al., A webcam in Bayer-mode as a light beam profiler for the near infrared, Optics and Lasers in Engineering 51 (2013) 571–575 Various software tools in wide use can be employed to take video and pictures, such as PicMaster and Microsoft's Camera app (for use with Windows operating systems), Photo Booth ( Mac), or Cheese (with Unix systems). For a more complete list see Comparison of webcam software.As the bayer filter is proprietary, any webcam contains some built-in image processing, separate from compression. Digital video streams are represented by huge amounts of data, burdening its transmission (from the image sensor, where the data is continuously created) and storage alike. Most if not all cheap webcams come with built-in ASIC to do video compression in real-time.

Dear Apple, please stop putting crummy cameras on your MacBooks". 19 March 2020. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021 . Retrieved 4 May 2021. Videoconferencing via computers already existed, and at the time client-server based videoconferencing software such as CU-SeeMe had started to become popular. Trojan Room Coffee Pot – SPIEGEL ONLINE". Archived from the original on 25 September 2015 . Retrieved 29 July 2015.

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Low-cost, high-speed SGI Indy comes with camera". Machine Design. Vol.65, no.16. August 13, 1993. p.84. ProQuest 217148786. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021 . Retrieved March 5, 2021– via ProQuest. Video camera connected to a computer or network A small webcam that can capture photos or videos at 1080p resolution