web cam only works with cheese
Bug #764072 reported by
william sisney
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| empathy (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: empathy
the audio/video of empathy stays greyed but the web cam works with the video editer cheese
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: empathy 2.32.1-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 17 19:18:45 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: empathy
Revision history for this message
| william sisney (qplaugh) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in empathy (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
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Thanks for your bug report and helping to make Ubuntu better. There are very few protocols that support video streams, and although your webcam works with cheese, it most likely will not work in empathy. Work is ongoing to get more webcam support for more protocols.