---
name: "webcamoid"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "webcamoid"
version: "9.2.3-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/webcamoid"
---

# webcamoid(1)

full featured webcam capture application

## NAME

Webcamoid - full featured webcam capture application

## SYNOPSIS

**webcamoid \[*options*\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**Webcamoid** is a real time video processing suite targeting but not limited to webcams, video and desktop. You can add a bunch of effects to your video and take pictures, and record it to a video file.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Displays this help.

- **-v**, **--version**

  Displays version information.

- **-c \<*PATH*\>**, **--config \<*PATH*\>**

  Load settings from *PATH*. If *PATH* is empty, load configs from application directory.

- **-r**, **--recursive**

  Search in the specified plugins paths recursively.

- **-p \<*PATH1*;*PATH2*;*PATH3*;*...*\>**, **--paths \<*PATH1*;*PATH2*;*PATH3*;*...*\>**

  Semi-colon separated list of paths to search for plugins.

- **-b \<*PATH1*;*PATH2*;*PATH3*;*...*\>**, **--no-load \<*PATH1*;*PATH2*;*PATH3*;*...*\>**

  Semi-colon separated list of paths to avoid loading.

## SEE ALSO

[**ffmpeg**(1)](/ffmpeg/1.md), [**gst-launch-1.0**(1)](/gst-launch-1.0/1.md), [**v4l2loopback-ctl**(1)](/v4l2loopback-ctl/1.md)

## BUGS

Please, report all bugs at *https://github.com/webcamoid/webcamoid/issues*

## AUTHOR

Gonzalo Exequiel Pedone (hipersayan.x@gmail.com)