Cheese won't record video

[Dave-B]

Binary package hint: cheese

I can take pictures and see live video preview but, on clicking the record button, the video display goes black momentarily, and returns with a still image.

A .ogv file is created in ~/Videos/Webcam, but never gets filled with data.

On clicking the stop recording button, the button depresses - but Cheese doesn't exit the recording state, menus don't respond, and clicking the window decoration close doesn't won't, so I have to Force quit.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: cheese 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 25 14:02:17 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation 490
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 cheese 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
 cheese-common 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: cheese
dmi.bios.date: 06/30/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A01
dmi.board.name: 0DT031
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA01:bd06/30/2006:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionWorkStation490:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0DT031:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation 490
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Dave-B (david-balch)]

NB: I get the same results with a lower resolution, and with a different webcam.