From: Kirill A. Korinsky <kirill@korins.ky>
Subject: Actualized access to /dev/videoX from browsers
To: OpenBSD tech <tech@openbsd.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 03:25:17 +0200

tech@,

I had noticed that our faq a bit outdated regarding access to /dev/videoX
devices from Chromium and Firefox.

Ok?

Index: faq13.html
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RCS file: /cvs/www/faq/faq13.html,v
diff -u -p -r1.228 faq13.html
--- faq13.html	10 Apr 2023 02:55:09 -0000	1.228
+++ faq13.html	21 Aug 2025 01:23:52 -0000
@@ -649,14 +649,15 @@ Some settings support automatic adjustme
 
 <h3>Webcam Access in Web Browsers</h3>
 
-Chromium has access to <code>/dev/video</code> by default.
+Chromium has access to devices <code>/dev/video0</code>
+through <code>/dev/video7</code> by default.
 To allow Chromium to access other video devices, the device paths must be
 added to <code>/etc/chromium/unveil.main</code> and
 <code>/etc/chromium/unveil.utility_video</code>.
 
 <p>
-Firefox has access to <code>/dev/video</code> and <code>/dev/video0</code>
-by default.
+Firefox has access to devices <code>/dev/video0</code>
+through <code>/dev/video3</code> by default.
 To allow Firefox to access other video devices, the device paths must be
 added to <code>/etc/firefox/unveil.main</code>.
 


-- 
wbr, Kirill