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

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From: Zubin <zparihar@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 01:01:57 -0000
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Any word on this guys?

I'm getting the same error as everybody else.

I have a Dell XPS 12  -  model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4500U
CPU @ 1.80GHz


I'm running Kubuntu 14.04 - 32 Bit

I've run different kernels from the Ubuntu repository with the same
result: (Uname)


Linux zubin-dell-xps-12 3.13.0-43-generic #51~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

Linux zubin-dell-xps-12 3.16.0-37-generic #51~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP i686
i686 i686 GNU/Linux


$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 8087:09fa Intel Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:5716 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


The Video Works perfect in VLC, therefor I don't think this is a V4L2
Problem

However, It doesn't work with Cheese, Skype, guvcview


$ cheese 
libv4l2: error got 4 consecutive frame decode errors, last error: v4l-convert: libjpeg error: End Of Image                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
(cheese:13269): cheese-WARNING **: Internal data flow error.: gstbasesrc.c(2865): gst_base_src_loop (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin17/GstV4l2Src:video_source:           
streaming task paused, reason error (-5)                      



GStreamer packages installed:

$ dpkg -l | grep gstreamer
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa:i386                    0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2                    i386         GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-nice:i386                    0.1.4-1                               i386         ICE library (GStreamer 0.10 plugin)
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad:i386             0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1.1                  i386         GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse       0.10.21-1ubuntu3                      i386         GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set (Multiverse Variant)
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386            0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2                    i386         GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386            0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5                 i386         GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386            0.10.19-2ubuntu5                      i386         GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio:i386              0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5                 i386         GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
ii  gstreamer0.10-qapt                         2.1.70-0ubuntu4.2                     i386         GStreamer plugin to install codecs using QApt
ii  gstreamer0.10-x:i386                       0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2                    i386         GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango
ii  gstreamer1.0-alsa:i386                     1.2.4-1~ubuntu1                       i386         GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer1.0-clutter                       2.0.8-1build1                         i386         Clutter PLugin for GStreamer 1.0
ii  gstreamer1.0-libav:i386                    1.2.4-1~ubuntu1                       i386         libav plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-faad:i386         1.2.4-1~ubuntu1                       i386         GStreamer faad plugin from the "bad" set
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers:i386 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1                       i386         GStreamer videoparsers plugin from the "bad" set
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:i386             1.2.4-1~ubuntu1                       i386         GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:i386             1.2.4-1~ubuntu1                       i386         GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
ii  gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio:i386               1.2.4-1~ubuntu1                       i386         GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
ii  gstreamer1.0-x:i386                        1.2.4-1~ubuntu1                       i386         GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-0:i386        0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1.1                  i386         GStreamer shared libraries from the "bad" set
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0:i386         1.2.4-1~ubuntu1                       i386         GStreamer development files for libraries from the "bad" set
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0:i386       0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2                    i386         GStreamer libraries from the "base" set
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:i386        1.2.4-1~ubuntu1                       i386         GStreamer libraries from the "base" set
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0:i386        1.2.4-1~ubuntu1                       i386         GStreamer development files for libraries from the "good" set
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0:i386                    0.10.36-1.2ubuntu3                    i386         Core GStreamer libraries and elements
ii  libgstreamer1.0-0:i386                     1.2.4-0ubuntu1                        i386         Core GStreamer libraries and elements
ii  libqtgstreamer-0.10-0:i386                 0.10.2-2ubuntu2                       i386         C++ bindings library for GStreamer with a Qt-style API
ii  libqtgstreamerui-0.10-0:i386               0.10.2-2ubuntu2                       i386         QtGStreamerUi library
ii  libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer      1:4.2.7-0ubuntu2                      i386         GStreamer backend for LibreOffice
ii  phonon-backend-gstreamer:i386              4:4.7.80-0ubuntu2~ubuntu14.04         i386         Phonon GStreamer 1.0.x backend
ii  phonon-backend-gstreamer-common:i386       4:4.7.80-0ubuntu2~ubuntu14.04         i386         Phonon GStreamer 1.0.x backend icons
zubin@zubin-dell-xps-12:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ 


Skype (which is what I need it for the most) only shows a black screen

$ dpkg -l | grep -i skype
ii  skype                                      4.3.0.37-0ubuntu0.12.04.1             i386         client for Skype VOIP and instant messaging service
ii  skype-bin                                  4.3.0.37-0ubuntu0.12.04.1             i386         client for Skype VOIP and instant messaging service - binary files


If I start Google Hangouts on Firefox, I can see myself, but there are horizontal wonky lines going across and its a bit choppy...Same thing with "Google Chrome"

$ dpkg -l | egrep "chrome|firefox"
ii  firefox                                    34.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1          i386         Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
ii  firefox-locale-en                          34.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1          i386         English language pack for Firefox
ii  google-chrome-stable                       39.0.2171.95-1                        i386         The web browser from Google
ii  xserver-xorg-video-openchrome              1:0.3.3-1build1                       i386         X.Org X server -- VIA display driver


Please get this working guys!  I would really like to use this expensive machine as my Primary Work Laptop.

Thanks for all the efforts!

Cheers,

Zubin Singh Parihar

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Title:
  Cheese says "There was an error playing video from webcam"

Status in cheese package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Whenever I open Cheese in Ubuntu 14.04 beta 1 (Unity), my webcam's light once turns on, 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.

  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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