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<title>Linux and Oracle Solaris Hosts</title>
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<p>When the webcam is detached from the host the emulated webcam device is automatically detached from the guest
only if the webcam is streaming video. If the emulated webcam is inactive it should be manually detached using the
<userinput>VBoxManage controlvm <varname>VM-name</varname> webcam detach</userinput> command. </p>
<p>Aliases <filepath>.0</filepath> and <filepath>.1</filepath> are mapped to <filepath>/dev/video0</filepath>, alias
<filepath>.2</filepath> is mapped to <filepath>/dev/video1</filepath> and so forth. </p>
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