what error openning V4L means

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Subject: what error openning V4L means
From: Abdelkader Belahcene <abelahcene@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:57:13 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 495E7199.1090601@gmail.com>

Hi,
I installed  spcagui and gpsca  for using  webcam, I got the error on
V4l, what it does it mesn


bela@belaptop:/usr/src/linux$ spcagui
SpcaGui version: 0.3.5 date: 18 September 2005
video device /dev/video0
ERROR opening V4L interface
: No such file or directory


thanks for help

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