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Bug 470502 - Ricoh Webcam not working
Ricoh Webcam not working
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: GStreamer
Classification: Platform
Component: gst-plugins-good
0.10.x
Other All
: Normal normal
: 0.10.7
Assigned To: GStreamer Maintainers
GStreamer Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-08-26 19:36 UTC by quim
Modified: 2007-09-20 18:13 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20

Attachments
debug.log (696 bytes, text/plain)
2007-09-05 20:34 UTC, quim 		Details

Description quim 2007-08-26 19:36:10 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
I have a Sony Vaio AR with a integrated Ricoh webcam. The cam works with this driver: http://lsb.blogdns.net/ry5u870

It's working under Ekiga, camorama and xawtv (I haven't tested more programs) but not under Gstreamer. When I launch gnome-properties the cam is listed correctly under "Video 4 Linux" and "Video 4 Linux 2" as "Sony VGP-VCC2 (Vaio AR) #1" but the Test button displays the following error: "Video 4 Linux 2 (v4l2): Could not negotiate format".

I'm not sure if this is a driver related issue or a gstreamer one, but as the cam is working on other apps...

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open gstreamer-properties
2. Select Video tab
3. Select v4l2
4. Select "Sony VGP-VCC2 (Vaio AR) #1"
5. Hit "Test" under "Default Input"


Actual results:
Application displays the following error: "Video 4 Linux 2 (v4l2): Could not negotiate format".

Expected results:
Video from webcam is shown

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
lsusb reports:
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 05ca:1834 Ricoh Co., Ltd
Comment 1 quim 2007-08-26 20:23:14 UTC 
Sorry, when I say: "When I launch gnome-properties" I was saying "When I launch gstreamer-properties"...
Comment 2 Wim Taymans 2007-09-05 01:03:42 UTC 
can you make and attach a debug log with:

GST_DEBUG=*v4l2* gstreamer-properties >debug.log 2>&1
Comment 3 quim 2007-09-05 20:34:56 UTC 
Created attachment 95024 [details]
debug.log

Here comes...
Comment 4 quim 2007-09-19 22:57:17 UTC 
Just updated to Gnome 2.20 and the bug is now solved. I can now use my webcam with gstreamer-properties and with gstreamer based apps.

Thanks!