Ubuntu
cheese package

  1. Bug #1295247
  2. Comment #54

Comment 54 for bug 1295247

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Archisman Panigrahi (apandada1) wrote : Re: Cheese says "There was an error playing video from webcam"

The problem persists in the desktop with the external webcam Logitech C170.
It does not happen in the laptop (HP 240 G4) when the internal webcam is used.
When the external webcam is used, the problem appears.
In both laptop and desktop, the problem can be solved by lowering image resolution (to 640x480) in Cheese preferences.
I have checked in Ubuntu 14.04 in both the computers and also in Ubuntu 16.04 in the desktop.