GTK UVC Video Viewer

herakles_14 · 08-20-2012, 11:43 PM

I installed the latest version of GTK UVC Video Viewer and it is not working like it should? This is the second time I installed it, the first time was directly from the Software Center, the second time was from the Website to the Software Center. What was wrong with both was the re was no picture from the web cam such as my homely mug just a black space. Do I need something else to make it work? Any help would be appreciated?
herakles_14

floppy_stuttgart · 08-23-2012, 12:25 PM

Post here the results of
lspci
lsusb
dmesg | egrep '(video|acpi)'
in order to see any errors at boot.
Few suggestions for troubleshooting here http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-...linux-problems and here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/We...roubleshooting
cheese had an issue on my K51AE Laptop with Ubuntu 10.04. I had to change to guvcview.

herakles_14 · 08-23-2012, 02:00 PM

Floppy Stuttgart,

Here are the results for the lspci, the lsusb and the dmesg | egrep '(video|acpi)'

Lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL PCI Express Root Port
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 01)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] (rev a1)
05:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family LAN Controller (rev 01)

lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:0829 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0443:004f Gateway, Inc.
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0458:0007 KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems)
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0443:004e Gateway, Inc.

dmesg | egrep '(video|acpi)':
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x06] disabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x07] disabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0xff] high level lint[0x1])
[ 1.133208] pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
[ 19.001659] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 19.064273] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Webcam C110 (046d:0829)
[ 19.089112] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo

I will check out the sites you indicated to see if they may have a solution?

herakles_14

floppy_stuttgart · 08-24-2012, 01:18 AM

According your post, you have a logitech and the video driver is loaded.
The ubuntu site indicate the issue with "cheese", which I had, too.
You use the programm "guvcview", correct?

with google "driver for 046d:0829" you find few posts with persons who had issues.
Have a look is one of the problem solving is there for you.
here ? http://forums.opensuse.org/english/g...bcam-c110.html
Connect the video after boot?
Issue with the sound? disconnect the sound ability at boot? (with a boot code)

herakles_14 · 08-25-2012, 02:49 AM

Well floppy_stuttgart,

My logitech web cam is not supported for the Linux UVC. I do have the Guvcview program. I can take photos using Cheese Webcam Booth but no videos. Strange but at one time, not so long ago I could using the GTK UVC Video Viewer and was able to create videos and photos, the whole nine yards. Now, Bupkiss,, I would like to be able to get it to work regardless of whether it is supported or not.