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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
    Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.

    No stream output from webcam. No errors raised.

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      Axel51 @yax51
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      I have the same problem with my usb cam.
      So, i installed Motion and then I used the iShow module to show the stream of the cam.
      but that’s was not easy.

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        yax51 @Axel51
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        @Axel51 I wasn’t able to find any iShow module…Can you send a link>

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          Axel51 @yax51
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          @yax51 https://github.com/l0b5ter/iShow

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            yax51 @Axel51
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            @Axel51 Thanks! I’ll check it out!

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              yax51 @hsalas
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              @hsalas After thinking about it, I came to the conclusion that it had more to do with the power usage of the raspberry pi than any sort of code/module issue. I noticed I was getting low power notices while just trying to use the webcam. Even using webcamoid would lag, stutter, and give those errors. So I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a mini desktop, installed MM and the modules (with some tweaking to get pyaudio working) I had no issues, and everything worked perfectly.

              Which means it’s either the pi itself not having enough power, the webcam you are using is drawing too much power, or a combination of both.

              Might be worth exploring

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