Image: reddit.com · Website camera-only pic upload browser work-around for Linux!
A Linux fix for websites that only accept a live camera photo
A Linux workaround, built with Claude Sonnet 4.5, that lets websites demanding a camera photo receive an existing image or scan instead.
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Some websites insist that you take a photo with your camera rather than upload a picture you already have, such as a scan. The poster built a workaround for Linux with Claude Sonnet 4.5 so an existing image can be used instead.
The code is on GitHub as v4l2-loopback-opengl-image.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: Website camera-only pic upload browser work-around for Linux!Reddit poster: KJ7LNWPosted
The maker's post on r/ClaudeAI.
If it disappears: archived copy of Reddit: Website camera-only pic upload browser work-around for Linux! (opens in a new tab)
- The code: github.comRepository account: KJ7LNW
The project on GitHub.