cheese won't record video

[Trevor Schauls]

Binary package hint: cheese

1.Install Cheese. 2.Try to record video.

Here is the output of cheese:
** Message: Probing the webcam, please ignore the following, not applicabable tries
** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4l2src ! fakesink': Error getting capabilities for device '/dev/video0': It isn't a v4l2 driver. Check if it is a v4l1 driver. [v4l2_calls.c(80): gst_v4l2_get_capabilities (): /pipeline0/v4l2src0:
system error: Invalid argument]
** Message: test pipeline for v4l2src failed:
[v4l2src ! fakesink]: Error getting capabilities for device '/dev/video0': It isn't a v4l2 driver. Check if it is a v4l1 driver.
using source: v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=640,height=480 ! ffmpegcolorspace
changing to video-mode

** (cheese:8926): WARNING **: Failed to link elements!
Video saved: /home/trevor/.gnome2/cheese/videos/Video01.ogg
creating thumbnail for /home/trevor/.gnome2/cheese/videos/Video01.ogg
** Message: Error: Could not determine type of stream.
gsttypefindelement.c(735): gst_type_find_element_activate (): /play/decodebin0/typefind

totem-video-thumbnailer couln't open file 'file:///home/trevor/.gnome2/cheese/videos/Video01.ogg'
Reason: Could not determine type of stream..

** (cheese:8926): WARNING **: could not load /home/trevor/.gnome2/cheese/videos/Video01.ogg

[Dev (scotty-amnet)]

i have something very similar, except:

[v4l2src ! fakesink]: Error getting capabilities for device '/dev/video0': It isn't a v4l2 driver. Check if it is a v4l1 driver.
using source: v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=640,height=480 ! ffmpegcolorspace
changing to video-mode

** (cheese:8879): WARNING **: Failed to link elements!
Video saved: /home/simon/.gnome2/cheese/videos/Video02.ogg
creating thumbnail for /home/simon/.gnome2/cheese/videos/Video02.ogg
totem-video-thumbnailer couln't open file 'file:///home/simon/.gnome2/cheese/videos/Video02.ogg'
Reason: The file you tried to play is an empty file..

** (cheese:8879): WARNING **: could not load /home/simon/.gnome2/cheese/videos/Video02.ogg

(notice the "empty file" difference).

[Simone Tolotti (simontol)]

Same here on hardy (cheese 2.21.5)....
Webcam works well , except when trying to capture video. Clicking on Start recording turns the input image black and switches the webcam off.

Error message I get:

(cheese:24936): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_implements_interface_cast: assertion `gst_element_implements_interface (GST_ELEMENT (from), iface_type)' failed

** (cheese:24936): CRITICAL **: gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id: assertion `overlay != NULL' failed
** Message: Error: Lo stream non contiene dati.
gsttypefindelement.c(742): gst_type_find_element_activate (): /play/decodebin0/typefind:
Can't typefind empty stream

** Message: Error: Impossibile determinare il tipo di stream.
gsttypefindelement.c(757): gst_type_find_element_activate (): /play/decodebin0/typefind

totem-video-thumbnailer couldn't open file 'file:///home/simone/.gnome2/cheese/media/0004.ogg'
Reason: Lo stream non contiene dati..

etc...

[Trevor Schauls (trevorschauls)]

 Works on 8.04 x64.

[Yonas (yonas-y)]

Similar problem on 8.04 Beta: picture capture works, but video capture is broken:

** Message: Error: Stream contains no data.
gsttypefindelement.c(742): gst_type_find_element_activate (): /play/decodebin0/typefind:
Can't typefind empty stream

** Message: Error: Could not determine type of stream.
gsttypefindelement.c(757): gst_type_find_element_activate (): /play/decodebin0/typefind

totem-video-thumbnailer couldn't open file 'file:///home/yonas/.gnome2/cheese/media/0001.ogg'
Reason: Stream contains no data..

** (cheese:17029): WARNING **: could not load /home/yonas/.gnome2/cheese/media/0001.ogg (application/ogg)

[Mio (m10)]

similar thing here (using hardy heron):
cheese
** Message: Error: Lo stream non contiene dati.
gsttypefindelement.c(742): gst_type_find_element_activate (): /play/decodebin0/typefind:
Can't typefind empty stream

** Message: Error: Impossibile determinare il tipo di stream.
gsttypefindelement.c(757): gst_type_find_element_activate (): /play/decodebin0/typefind

sorry for the italian..

[Shawn vega (svega85-gmail)]

it's not working on intrepid ibex either
** Message: Error: Stream contains no data.
gsttypefindelement.c(776): gst_type_find_element_activate (): /play/decodebin0/typefind:
Can't typefind empty stream

** (cheese:17543): WARNING **: could not load /home/shawn/.gnome2/cheese/media/0002.ogg (application/ogg)

[J.R. Mauro (jrm8005)]

I can confirm this in Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit. Almost identical behavior to what Simone reported above; photo taking works, video recording changes it to a black screen, disables camera, and prevents photo feature from working unless cheese is reloaded. It would be really nice to be able to take videos. Please fix.

** (cheese:10237): CRITICAL **: gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id: assertion `overlay != NULL' failed

[cyberfin (cyberfin)]

I second this with Ubuntu 8.04.1 64 bit and Labtec Webcam Pro.

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

Hi can you add as separate attachment the ouput from

cheese --gst-debug=5

[J.R. Mauro (jrm8005)]

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Andres Mujica <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi can you add as separate attachment the ouput from
>
> cheese --gst-debug=5

Sorry, I've moved to a different distro and can't test this anymore.

>
> --
> cheese won't record video
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179308
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "cheese" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: cheese
>
> 1.Install Cheese. 2.Try to record video.
>
> Here is the output of cheese:
> ** Message: Probing the webcam, please ignore the following, not applicabable tries
> ** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4l2src ! fakesink': Error getting capabilities for device '/dev/video0': It isn't a v4l2 driver. Check if it is a v4l1 driver. [v4l2_calls.c(80): gst_v4l2_get_capabilities (): /pipeline0/v4l2src0:
> system error: Invalid argument]
> ** Message: test pipeline for v4l2src failed:
> [v4l2src ! fakesink]: Error getting capabilities for device '/dev/video0': It isn't a v4l2 driver. Check if it is a v4l1 driver.
> using source: v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=640,height=480 ! ffmpegcolorspace
> changing to video-mode
>
> ** (cheese:8926): WARNING **: Failed to link elements!
> Video saved: /home/trevor/.gnome2/cheese/videos/Video01.ogg
> creating thumbnail for /home/trevor/.gnome2/cheese/videos/Video01.ogg
> ** Message: Error: Could not determine type of stream.
> gsttypefindelement.c(735): gst_type_find_element_activate (): /play/decodebin0/typefind
>
> totem-video-thumbnailer couln't open file 'file:///home/trevor/.gnome2/cheese/videos/Video01.ogg'
> Reason: Could not determine type of stream..
>
> ** (cheese:8926): WARNING **: could not load /home/trevor/.gnome2/cheese/videos/Video01.ogg
>

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

Trevor, as the original reporter is possible for you to test this?

thanks

[Trevor Schauls (trevorschauls)]

I don't have this problem anymore.

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

as explained in last comment.

Thanks!

[Alex Midgley (alex-tapdancinggoats)]

This is marked as fix released, but I'm still having the problem that Simone describes above. My cam works fine in the preview, but when I start recording the camera shuts off. I've attached the output of the debug command you requested.

This is with Intrepid Kubuntu, cheese 2.24.2, and a Ricoh R5U870 webcam.

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

OK, do you have intrepid fully updated?

can you test with proposed updates?

Are you getting this error:

gsttypefindelement.c(735): gst_type_find_element_activate (): /play/decodebin0/typefind

when started cheese from command line?

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

Please add the output from:

LANG=C cheese -v

thanks

[Alex Midgley (alex-tapdancinggoats)]

Cheese seems to be working fine now. I can record video. I hadn't tried it since my last comment here, so I'm not sure what fixed it between then and now. The version of cheese is the same.

[dorpm (dorpmueller)]

In Jaunty this problem still exists. Please find attached the output from "LANG=C cheese -v". Additionally on the screen I see:

** (cheese:9491): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon: Icon 'image-loading' not present in theme

** (cheese:9491): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon: Icon 'image-loading' not present in theme

** (cheese:9491): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon: Icon 'image-loading' not present in theme

** (cheese:9491): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon: Icon 'image-loading' not present in theme

** (cheese:9491): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon: Icon 'image-loading' not present in theme

** (cheese:9491): WARNING **: Throbber animation not found

** (cheese:9491): WARNING **: Throbber fallback animation not found either

** (cheese:9491): WARNING **: No GConf default audio src key and alsasrc doesn't work

** (cheese:9491): CRITICAL **: gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id: assertion `overlay != NULL' failed

With this I only can capture photos but no videos.

Florian

[Kenneth Brown (pliny)]

I had the same error as #18 - Some googling led me to to resolve it by installing the gstreamer0.10-alsa package.

[ScottPurcell (scott-texastwister)]

Same problem here, on a Dell Mini10 using their factory installed Ubuntu 8.04 NR. But I have the latest updates from the http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com repositories -- including the gstreamer package referenced above.