Comment 0 for bug 1562417

Start cheese on the current Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Beta. 640x480 works correctly. 1280x720 video fails with "There was an error playing video from the webcam"

I suspect the problem is in libjpeg or video4linux, but cannot be sure. I am happy to compile anything and I will reply to this issue generally same day.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
Release: 16.04
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy cheese
cheese:
  Installed: 3.18.1-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.18.1-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.18.1-2ubuntu2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Workaround for Google Hangouts: Click the "Quality"/"Phone Reception" icon and disabled HD Video.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: cheese 3.18.1-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-15.31-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.368
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Mar 26 22:52:30 2016
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/cheese
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160323)
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
RelatedPackageVersions:
 cheese 3.18.1-2ubuntu2
 cheese-common 3.18.1-2ubuntu2
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.board.name: VirtualBox
dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation
dmi.board.version: 1.2
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr:
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH
lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b3be Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub