How do I get webcam acess permissions in docker?

Question

I'm trying to acess webcam from docker image. My permissions:

dockerx@85ca088a4e0c:~$ ls -la /dev/vid*
  crwxrwxrwx+ 1 root 986 81, 0 May 29 08:52 /dev/video0
  crwxrwxrwx+ 1 root 986 81, 1 May 29 08:52 /dev/video1
dockerx@85ca088a4e0c:~$ groups dockerx
  dockerx : dockerx root video x2gouser

So, in theory, i have permissions to acess /dev/video*, but attempt to acess it (via vlc, for example) causes error:

dockerx@85ca088a4e0c:~$ vlc
VLC media player 3.0.8 Vetinari (revision 3.0.8-0-gf350b6b5a7)
[00005629e3774420] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-dockerx'
[00005629e3778390] main playlist: playlist is empty
[00007f5ca80010e0] v4l2 demux error: cannot open device '/dev/video0': Operation not permitted
[00007f5ca80010e0] v4l2 demux error: cannot open device '/dev/video0': Operation not permitted
[00007f5ca8003350] v4l2 stream error: cannot open device '/dev/video0': Operation not permitted
[00007f5ca000c800] v4l2 demux error: cannot open device '/dev/video1': Operation not permitted
[00007f5ca000c800] v4l2 demux error: cannot open device '/dev/video1': Operation not permitted
[00007f5ca000d130] v4l2 stream error: cannot open device '/dev/video1': Operation not permitted
QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread

Why can this happen?

Upd.: My Dockerfile, entrypoint.sh

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 29 '20 at 12:20

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Add the privileged option docker run --privileged. If it still doesn't work you may also consider mounting /dev/video

From the docs

by default a container is not allowed to access any devices, but a “privileged” container is given access to all devices (see the documentation on cgroups devices)

Also this answer is similar Docker: How to avoid Operation not permitted in Docker Container?

answered May 29 '20 at 12:20

Abhishek J

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Thanks a lot, this helps. The interesting fact is that a lot of manuals about this topic don't say about it.. – someanonimcoder May 29 '20 at 15:26

Alex Lamson · Answer 2 · 2022-03-08T20:12:53.747

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In the container, I was a non-root user called "developer". I had to add this line to my dockerfile:

RUN sudo usermod -a -G video developer

edited Mar 08 '22 at 20:12

answered Jan 19 '22 at 17:19

Alex Lamson

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How do I get webcam acess permissions in docker?

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