GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 581243
Cheese 2.24.2 in ASUS eee PC 701 files only 2 seconds of video - freezes afterward
Last modified: 2009-05-04 06:11:49 UTC
Please describe the problem: Ever since I moved from the Xandros built in install into Ubuntu (currently Easy Peasy 1.1 / Release 8.10 (intrepid) / Kernel Linux 2.6.27-8-eeepc / Gnome 2.24.1), when instructed to record video the camera ready light goes off and returns a moment later, video starts recording then image freezes after 2 seconds, application retains control (does not crash) and the file created is also very short in duration - first two seconds of video only. Photos work with no problem. Ran the app via the command line with verbose option, the following was returned while attempting to record video: (cheese:6489): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_list_store_set_valist: assertion `VALID_ITER (iter, list_store)' failed gstreamer-verbose does properly detect the camera, ran the tests with no problems. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start to record video 2. Video preview will freeze after two seconds 3. Resulting video file ends also at the moment of freeze-up (2 seconds long) Actual results: Camera ready light goes off for a moment upon issuing the command to Start Recording, video preview comes back and no lag nor slow performance is noticeable in system. Video preview will then freeze and only way "out" is to Stop Recording" Expected results: Video recording should not freeze, stop when user requests and a proper video file should be stored on disk. Does this happen every time? Video recording freeze-up happens all the time Other information: The photo part of the application works without a problem.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 564957 ***