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12-13-2019, 06:27 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 53
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How to disable webcam?
Whenever I run Reaper, my webcam light comes on. It usually stays on even if I minimise Reaper.
It's quite disconcerting. OK so Reaper has video editing abilities, great, but it shouldn't access the webcam unless/until I want to use it. Why is it always active?
How can I stop Reaper from accessing it (without disabling it for other programs).
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12-13-2019, 07:20 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 223
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Does your webcam has an inbuild Mic?
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12-13-2019, 07:23 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Brooklyn
Posts: 2,613
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If putting tape over his laptop's camera was good enough for Mark Zuckerberg its good enough for me.
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12-13-2019, 07:23 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 53
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Yes, webcam has built-in mic.
Forgot to mention I'm on Windows 10 too, and Reaper 6.01
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12-13-2019, 07:24 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 29,260
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It shouldn't come on unless it is somehow being seen by the audio driver you selected (which will happen if the camera mic is the only mic input available and you happen to choose the OS defaults as the sound card) - that said, it's only on for audio input, not video.
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12-13-2019, 07:30 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 53
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Ohhhh it's only for audio. I didn't even think of that. I plug in a proper mic when I need one. Won't ever be using the webcam mic inside Reaper (but use it for Skype calls etc). Not sure if there's a way to tell Reaper not to use it.
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12-13-2019, 10:09 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 2,423
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vdubreeze
If putting tape over his laptop's camera was good enough for Mark Zuckerberg its good enough for me.
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+1 on that. Just make sure it's not cellophane tape.
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12-13-2019, 10:27 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
Posts: 1,391
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I've been putting a little piece of electrical tape over my camera for several years now. You never know when you might have accidentally done something stupid, let your guard down, and allowed a virus on your PC to take control of the camera. Audio will still go through, potentially, but oh well.. just don't watch me using my PC while taking a dump, and then put that video on the net.. haha TMI? oops.
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12-13-2019, 10:38 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Planet Earth
Posts: 9,055
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nait
I've been putting a little piece of electrical tape over my camera for several years now. You never know when you might have accidentally done something stupid, let your guard down, and allowed a virus on your PC to take control of the camera. Audio will still go through, potentially, but oh well.. just don't watch me using my PC while taking a dump, and then put that video on the net.. haha TMI? oops.
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Someone should write a little piece of javascript code that injects a motion gif into the the webcam interface memory (what is it WIA in Windows), so if someone does access your camera interface they see this.
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12-13-2019, 10:54 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
Posts: 1,391
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Haha, that's a great idea
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