From 345fa4a0b00d5e28e6dae6294138594708e7ed69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vito-M <v.marchionna@studenti.uniba.it>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:47:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: no cam detected on Arch Linux, use string path for
 camera capture instead

---
 modules/ui.py            | 2 +-
 modules/video_capture.py | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index fca9f30..4c89e3e 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ def get_available_cameras() -> Tuple[List[int], List[str]]:
     indices: List[int] = []
     names: List[str] = []
     for i in range(10):
-        cap = cv2.VideoCapture(i)
+        cap = cv2.VideoCapture(f"/dev/video{i}")
         if cap.isOpened():
             indices.append(i)
             names.append(f"Camera {i}")
diff --git a/modules/video_capture.py b/modules/video_capture.py
index b374a1a..163805e 100644
--- a/modules/video_capture.py
+++ b/modules/video_capture.py
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ class VideoCapturer:
                         self.cap.release()
                     except Exception:
                         continue
+            elif platform.system() == "Linux":
+                self.cap = cv2.VideoCapture(f"/dev/video{self.device_index}")
             else:
-                # Unix-like systems (Linux/Mac) capture method
                 self.cap = cv2.VideoCapture(self.device_index)
 
             if not self.cap or not self.cap.isOpened():