Re: Firefox with webcam

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On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:15:25AM +0100, Hauke Fath (SPG) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> has anybody had any recent success in using a webcam with Firefox?
> 
> Sites like <https://webcamtests.com/> claim to detect the webcam (it's a
> logitech whatzit, attached as uvideo0), but are missing access permissions.
> 
> Firefox (123.0.1 here), OTOH, never asks for permissions; it does not log
> any related errors, either.
> 
> Cheerio,
> Hauke
> 
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I updated my firefox and can say:
firefox 121.0 - worked fine with my webcam
firefox 123.0.1 - failed with my webcam

seems like it's a recent regression. I might have a look at it too...