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minus-squareNicht BurningTurtlelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70arrow-down2·2 months agoLaughs in hardware switch.
minus-squareTwitches@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoLaughs in disabling kernal modual. Edit: I really miss hardware switches works only a few have them anymore.
minus-squarephx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoMost of the newer laptops I’ve picked up some have hardware switches, but they do have a physical shutter that can be flipped over the camera which IMO is better as I can visibly see the camera is blocked
minus-squareInnerScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoLaughs in “will you allow <website> to use your camera?” (Yes/No)
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYou also could use VM. From there you can toggle the device passthough
minus-squarewizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI’ve always gotten too much delay with audio/video passthrough to voice calls through a VM, personally.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoDid you use the proper acceleration? Use KVM plus a virtual GPU. It is entirely possible your hardware makes it problematic but for me it worked.
minus-squareProgrammingSocks@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI use a USB pass through, so the VM is connected to the hardware instead of going through 12 layers of software.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDell? patented a laptop with a motorized switch back in the day. Let’s hope it stays lost in the abyss from whence it came.
Laughs in hardware switch.
Laughs in disabling kernal modual.
Edit: I really miss hardware switches works only a few have them anymore.
Laughs in electrical tape.
Most of the newer laptops I’ve picked up some have hardware switches, but they do have a physical shutter that can be flipped over the camera which IMO is better as I can visibly see the camera is blocked
Laughs in “will you allow <website> to use your camera?” (Yes/No)
Much easier
You also could use VM. From there you can toggle the device passthough
I’ve always gotten too much delay with audio/video passthrough to voice calls through a VM, personally.
Did you use the proper acceleration? Use KVM plus a virtual GPU.
It is entirely possible your hardware makes it problematic but for me it worked.
I use a USB pass through, so the VM is connected to the hardware instead of going through 12 layers of software.
Dell? patented a laptop with a motorized switch back in the day. Let’s hope it stays lost in the abyss from whence it came.