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Lucho
Asked: 2020-12-06 09:58:40 +0800 CST

Make my external camera (webcam) as default for Telegram Desktop

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I have tried the answer of this post:

sudo snap connect telegram-desktop:camera

However, I cannot make my external camera the one which telegram uses in the video calls. I cannot see the option to select the input devices neither for the micro nor for the video.

By default, Telegram only uses the in-build camera of my laptop, but I want to use my external camera instead.

I have the last snap version of telegram and Ubuntu 20.10

webcam camera telegram 20.10

4 Answers

  1. I have found the video call settings. It was a matter of selecting the default input video there. However, I think video call setting is a little hide in the settings menu.

    Settings → Advanced → Call settings (in system integration section)

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  2. So, with a more recent version of Telegram Desktop (3.3) it's like this:

    • click on the burger menu on the top left (the three stacked bars)
    • click on Calls
    • in the overlay click on the menu (the three dots on the top right of the overlay)
    • click on Call settings

    and from there you'll manage ;)

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  3. In my case I had to go to Settings → Calls → Settings and I could select my external webcam there.

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    1. Click on “FOUR LINES” in upper left-hand corner:
    2. Click on “calls.”
    3. Click on three dots in the upper right-hand corner
    4. Click on “call settings.”
    5. click on “output” or “input” to select your camera and microphone.
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