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cheese package

  1. Bug #1295247
  2. Comment #43

Comment 43 for bug 1295247

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acss (alexandre-css) wrote : Re: Cheese says "There was an error playing video from webcam"

Hello,

My configuration is:
- Ubuntu Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
- Kernel 3.13.0-86-generic x86_64
- Logitech C270 webcam

The camera did originally work when I first upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04, but it doesn't now. I'm not able to use it with any application (including cheese and Skype).

The following error was printed in the console today:
(cheese:5502): cheese-WARNING **: Internal data stream error.: gstbasesrc.c(2865): gst_base_src_loop (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin17/GstV4l2Src:video_source:
streaming task paused, reason not-negotiated (-4)

Considering that:
- Many people has this problem;
- It makes some webcams completely unusable;
- It has been around since March 2014;

I suggest that we increase its importance (currently Low). Do you agree?

Thanks in advance for everyone's help.