GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 619406
Recorded video is black [photos taken in cheese are fine though]
Last modified: 2010-08-09 00:56:42 UTC
Bug first reported on lp: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/583802 I have this problem on a MacbookPro with a fresh Lucid: if I try to record a video with cheese, the picture freezes or turns black and nothing is recorded.. Steps to reproduce: 1) Start Cheese 2) File -> Video 3) Start Recording (At this point, the video display goes black.) 4) Click Stop Recording A video file is created, the application doesn't hang, the camera is still usable afterwards. The file has no picture (it is just black), and the sound is scrambled Expected result: Video is watchable Actual result: Video unwatchable This is too bad, as under Ibex, Jaunty, Karmic, I loved to record some short clips with cheese... Output of GST_DEBUG=*cheese*:3 cheese -v 2>&1 ** (totem-video-thumbnailer:3767): WARNING **: Could not take screenshot: no video info ** (totem-video-thumbnailer:3767): WARNING **: Could not take screenshot: no video info ** (totem-video-thumbnailer:3767): WARNING **: Could not take screenshot: no video info ** (totem-video-thumbnailer:3767): WARNING **: Could not take screenshot: no video info ** (totem-video-thumbnailer:3767): WARNING **: Could not take screenshot: no video info totem-video-thumbnailer couldn't get a picture from 'file:///home/produnis/Videos/Webcam/2010-05-19-185148.ogv' ** (cheese:3761): WARNING **: could not generate thumbnail for /home/produnis/Videos/Webcam/2010-05-19-185148.ogv (video/ogg) 0:00:00.679273410 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-device-monitor cheese-camera-device-monitor.c:231:cheese_camera_device_monitor_coldplug:[00m Probing devices with udev... 0:00:00.679530985 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-device-monitor cheese-camera-device-monitor.c:121:cheese_camera_device_monitor_added:[00m Checking udev device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-4/2-4:1.0/video4linux/video0' 0:00:00.679549423 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-device-monitor cheese-camera-device-monitor.c:138:cheese_camera_device_monitor_added:[00m Found device 05ac:05ac, getting capabilities... 0:00:00.709384007 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 1280x1024 0:00:00.709410965 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 1280x960 0:00:00.709419696 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 1280x720 0:00:00.709427518 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 1024x768 0:00:00.709434851 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 1024x576 0:00:00.709442324 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 800x600 0:00:00.709449588 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 704x576 0:00:00.709459575 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 720x480 0:00:00.709466699 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 640x480 0:00:00.709473962 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 352x288 0:00:00.709481365 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 320x240 0:00:00.709488489 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 176x144 0:00:00.709495613 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:184:cheese_camera_device_add_format:[00m 160x120 0:00:01.512242061 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:609:cheese_camera_device_get_caps_for_format:[00m Getting caps for 0x0 0:00:01.512631007 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:632:cheese_camera_device_get_caps_for_format:[00m Got EMPTY 0:00:01.512696099 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:595:cheese_camera_device_get_best_format:[00m 1280x1024 0:00:01.512740658 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:609:cheese_camera_device_get_caps_for_format:[00m Getting caps for 1280x1024 0:00:01.512809661 [336m 3761[00m 0x211c320 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:632:cheese_camera_device_get_caps_for_format:[00m Got video/x-raw-rgb, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1024, bpp=(int)24, depth=(int)24, red_mask=(int)255, green_mask=(int)65280, blue_mask=(int)16711680, endianness=(int)4321, framerate=(fraction){ 30/1, 55/2, 25/1, 45/2, 20/1, 35/2, 15/1, 25/2, 10/1, 15/2, 5/1 }; video/x-raw-rgb, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1024, bpp=(int)24, depth=(int)24, red_mask=(int)16711680, green_mask=(int)65280, blue_mask=(int)255, endianness=(int)4321, framerate=(fraction){ 30/1, 55/2, 25/1, 45/2, 20/1, 35/2, 15/1, 25/2, 10/1, 15/2, 5/1 }; video/x-raw-yuv, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1024, format=(fourcc)YV12, framerate=(fraction){ 30/1, 55/2, 25/1, 45/2, 20/1, 35/2, 15/1, 25/2, 10/1, 15/2, 5/1 }; video/x-raw-yuv, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1024, format=(fourcc)I420, framerate=(fraction){ 30/1, 55/2, 25/1, 45/2, 20/1, 35/2, 15/1, 25/2, 10/1, 15/2, 5/1 } 0:00:08.493166659 [336m 3761[00m 0x1a421e0 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:609:cheese_camera_device_get_caps_for_format:[00m Getting caps for 1280x1024 0:00:08.493515098 [336m 3761[00m 0x1a421e0 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:632:cheese_camera_device_get_caps_for_format:[00m Got video/x-raw-rgb, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1024, bpp=(int)24, depth=(int)24, red_mask=(int)255, green_mask=(int)65280, blue_mask=(int)16711680, endianness=(int)4321, framerate=(fraction){ 30/1, 55/2, 25/1, 45/2, 20/1, 35/2, 15/1, 25/2, 10/1, 15/2, 5/1 }; video/x-raw-rgb, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1024, bpp=(int)24, depth=(int)24, red_mask=(int)16711680, green_mask=(int)65280, blue_mask=(int)255, endianness=(int)4321, framerate=(fraction){ 30/1, 55/2, 25/1, 45/2, 20/1, 35/2, 15/1, 25/2, 10/1, 15/2, 5/1 }; video/x-raw-yuv, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1024, format=(fourcc)YV12, framerate=(fraction){ 30/1, 55/2, 25/1, 45/2, 20/1, 35/2, 15/1, 25/2, 10/1, 15/2, 5/1 }; video/x-raw-yuv, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1024, format=(fourcc)I420, framerate=(fraction){ 30/1, 55/2, 25/1, 45/2, 20/1, 35/2, 15/1, 25/2, 10/1, 15/2, 5/1 } totem-video-thumbnailer couldn't process file: 'file:///home/produnis/Videos/Webcam/2010-05-19-185358.ogv' Reason: Took too much time to process. ** (cheese:3761): WARNING **: could not generate thumbnail for /home/produnis/Videos/Webcam/2010-05-19-185358.ogv (video/ogg) 0:00:30.653754330 [336m 3761[00m 0x1a421e0 [33;01mWARN [00m [00m cheese-camera cheese-camera.c:869:cheese_camera_force_stop_video_recording:[00m Cannot cleanly shutdown recording pipeline, forcing 0:00:31.181102761 [336m 3761[00m 0x1a421e0 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:609:cheese_camera_device_get_caps_for_format:[00m Getting caps for 1280x1024 0:00:31.181399865 [336m 3761[00m 0x1a421e0 [32;01mINFO [00m [00mcheese-camera-device cheese-camera-device.c:632:cheese_camera_device_get_caps_for_format:[00m Got video/x-raw-rgb, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1024, bpp=(int)24, depth=(int)24, red_mask=(int)255, green_mask=(int)65280, blue_mask=(int)16711680, endianness=(int)4321, framerate=(fraction){ 30/1, 55/2, 25/1, 45/2, 20/1, 35/2, 15/1, 25/2, 10/1, 15/2, 5/1 }; video/x-raw-rgb, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1024, bpp=(int)24, depth=(int)24, red_mask=(int)16711680, green_mask=(int)65280, blue_mask=(int)255, endianness=(int)4321, framerate=(fraction){ 30/1, 55/2, 25/1, 45/2, 20/1, 35/2, 15/1, 25/2, 10/1, 15/2, 5/1 }; video/x-raw-yuv, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1024, format=(fourcc)YV12, framerate=(fraction){ 30/1, 55/2, 25/1, 45/2, 20/1, 35/2, 15/1, 25/2, 10/1, 15/2, 5/1 }; video/x-raw-yuv, width=(int)1280, height=(int)1024, format=(fourcc)I420, framerate=(fraction){ 30/1, 55/2, 25/1, 45/2, 20/1, 35/2, 15/1, 25/2, 10/1, 15/2, 5/1 } Cheese 2.30.1 Other information: lsusb > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48868422/Lsusb.txt ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: cheese 2.30.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri May 21 15:21:04 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100419.1) MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro4,1 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=3a1a8800-2ead-4e32-88d2-37c6266d9543 ro splash ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=de_DE.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: cheese dmi.bios.date: 02/09/08 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MBP41.88Z.00C1.B00.0802091544 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Mac-F42C89C8 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: PVT dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag# dmi.chassis.type: 2 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F42C89C8 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP41.88Z.00C1.B00.0802091544:bd02/09/08:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro4,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F42C89C8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleInc.:ct2:cvrMac-F42C89C8: dmi.product.name: MacBookPro4,1 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 564957 ***