How do I prevent my Microsoft LifeCam webcam from continuously autofocusing?

jameskga · Post by **jameskga** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:47 am

The camera repeatedly, continuously autofocuses. Like it's never good enough! I just need it to autofocus once, and turn the feature off thereafter. I only use the webcam on Skype with my friend, who says the camera's built-in microphone pics up a frog-like sound every time the camera tries to refocus.

So it's annoying for both of us.

Anyone ever run into this problem before? I googled a fix, but could only find someone talking about Java. Basically Skype is the only thing I installed on this PC besides vanilla Linux Mint.

absque fenestris · Post by **absque fenestris** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 4:41 am

Excuse me!
But if you look like your avatar, Microsoft is trying the best possible

Lucap · Post by **Lucap** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 4:47 am

I know it doesn't fix the autofocus issue but have you looked through the sound settings to see if you can change the odd sound it is making?

Just a random idea unless someone has a specific fix.

ClixTrix · Post by **ClixTrix** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:53 am

Try installing guvcview and see if there are any controls for autofocus from that app.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=211413

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