Camorama can't take picture: "Could not create directory"

[Alex Filonov]

Binary package hint: camorama

In Camorama, press button "Take Picture". Error message pops up with text:

Could not create directory '~/Webcam_Pictures'.

[Alex Filonov (alextcs)]

Package version is 0.18-0ubuntu1.

[Tristan Schmelcher (tschmelcher)]

I can attest that this also occurs on Debian in version 0.17-5, but not in 0.18-2. I suggest that Ubuntu just update.

[Alex Filonov (alextcs)]

I have the same problem with 0.18-2ubuntu2 package on Gutsy.

[Tristan Schmelcher (tschmelcher)]

I am using 0.18-2ubuntu2 on Ubuntu Gutsy too now and this problem does not occur for me.

[Alex Filonov (alextcs)]

OK, I think I now what problem is. If you open Preferences, it's possible to change directory for snapshots. By default, it's ~/Webcam_Pictures. If you change it to any directory with full path, like /home/user/Webcam_Pictures, camorama works perfectly. If you try to use any relative path, starting with ~, you get the above mentioned error message. Good to know that workaround is available, but the bug should be quite easy to fix.

[J. Austin Rodriguez (jeanaustinr)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu and Camorama better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu and Camorama since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. If you could test the current Ubuntu and Camorama development version, this would help us a lot. If you can test it, and it is still an issue, we would appreciate if you could upload updated logs by running apport-collect <bug #>, and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[Keith Calico (dboyd44)]

In Camorama, press button "Take Picture". Error message pops up with text:

Could not create directory '~/Webcam_Pictures'.

[Michał Faflik (faflu)]

My version is 0.19-2.1 and this bug still exists.

[uski (ba-cykian)]

I confirm this bug still exists on version 0.19 on the latest Ubuntu.

[ngodfather114 (ngodfather114)]

I have ubuntu 12.10 and this problem still exitsformeaswell. I gave up and decided to use cheese instead. works without any issues.

[Francesco Tesi (francescotesi)]

It works for me, I replaced the "~" with "."
Go to Preferences, Local Capture, Directory for captured pics and replacle "~/Webcam_Pictures" with "./Webcam_Pictures".