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Any clues how to use phone conected via usb and set to PTP mode as camera on linux ?
p.s. i am on manjaro with kde now, and tying to do someting with googling, vlc and/or capituing inside gimp/krita

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16 minutes ago, Defective_Soul said:

Any clues how to use phone conected via usb and set to PTP mode as camera on linux ?
p.s. i am on manjaro with kde now, and tying to do someting with googling, vlc and/or capituing inside gimp/krita

New Linux distributions should work out of the box with MTP and PTP  with no configuration required.

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1 minute ago, Grand Admiral Thrawn said:

Something like DroidCam?

It's uses WIFI, i am intristed in wired conection now

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2 minutes ago, WickedThunder86 said:

New Linux distributions should work out of the box with MTP and PTP  with no configuration required.

The iusse that i duno how to open phone as camera/capiture device (so i could just with key on PC do few photos via phone, not to just transfer those on PC via MTP or something like it)

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Just now, Grand Admiral Thrawn said:

You can use the USB interface after turning on USB Debugging.

I not sure if usb debugginw will work as PTP device (or you know how to wia ADB or like it get direct accses to camea as use-concted device ?)

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