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How does one reinstantiate a WebCam instance? #903

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brianmichalk1 opened this issue Jul 11, 2023 · 0 comments

brianmichalk1 commented Jul 11, 2023

I need to recreate a webcam after it's been disconnected, and reconnected. When I do that, an error is thrown:

com.github.sarxos.webcam.WebcamLockException: Webcam HD USB Camera: HD USB Camera /dev/video0 has already been locked

The source says I need to reinstantiate, so what is the proper way to do that?

Completely dispose capture device. After this operation webcam cannot be used any more and
full reinstantiation is required.
protected void dispose() {

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