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[Bug 1295247] Re: [Logitech C170] Cheese says "There was an error playing video from webcam"

 

Steve Kondik (cyanogen), it will help immensely if you filed a new report via a terminal:
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Title:
  [Logitech C170] Cheese says "There was an error playing video from
  webcam"

Status in cheese package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Whenever I open Cheese in Ubuntu 14.04 beta 1 (Unity), my external Logitech C170 webcam's light turns on once, then it turns off and Cheese turns black, written "There was an error playing video from webcam". This never happened in any previous versions of Ubuntu.
  The problem is reproducible.

  WORKAROUND: In Cheese preferences lower image resolution to 640x480.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: cheese 3.10.2-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-12.32-generic 3.13.4
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Mar 20 22:29:57 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-20 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha i386 (20140225)
  SourcePackage: cheese
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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