Ubuntu
cheese package

  1. Bug #1295247
  2. Comment #29

Comment 29 for bug 1295247

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J B (buchner-johannes) wrote : Re: Cheese says "There was an error playing video from webcam"

A workaround is to use vlc.

Use "Open > new streaming device"
set Video input: /dev/video0
Click the open button.

You can take photos using Video -> Take snapshot. They will land in ~/Pictures/ as vlcsnap*