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cheese package

There was an error playing video from the webcam after taking photo.

Bug #1449829 reported by alexmex90
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This bug affects 9 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
cheese (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Cheese fails to capture video from the webcam after taking a photo. Running Cheese from the terminal prompts the following error:

libv4l2: error setting pixformat: Device or resource busy

(cheese:5170): cheese-WARNING **: Device '/dev/video0' is busy: gstv4l2object.c(2838): gst_v4l2_object_set_format (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin18/GstV4l2Src:video_source:
Call to S_FMT failed for YU12 @ 640x480: Device or resource busy

My camera needs the r5u87x firmware from this PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~r5u87x-loader/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: cheese 3.14.1-2ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Apr 28 20:20:38 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-28 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release i386 (20150422)
SourcePackage: cheese
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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alexmex90 (alexmex90) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in cheese (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in cheese (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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heynnema (heynnema) wrote :

I have the same problem.

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vitorafsr (vitorafsr) wrote :

Same problem in my Dell 7520: after taking a photo the message "There was an error playing video from the webcam" appear over a black background.

$ cheese
libv4l2: error setting pixformat: Device or resource busy

(cheese:12775): cheese-WARNING **: Device '/dev/video0' is busy: gstv4l2object.c(2838): gst_v4l2_object_set_format (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin18/GstV4l2Src:video_source:
Call to S_FMT failed for YU12 @ 1280x720: Device or resource busy

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iceman75 (javier-orejarena) wrote :

Same problem here!

libv4l2: error setting pixformat: Dispositivo o recurso ocupado

(cheese:6091): cheese-WARNING **: El dispositivo «/dev/video0» está ocupado: gstv4l2object.c(2838): gst_v4l2_object_set_format (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin18/GstV4l2Src:video_source:
Call to S_FMT failed for YU12 @ 1280x720: Dispositivo o recurso ocupado

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iceman75 (javier-orejarena) wrote :

Additional testing done. Installed "Kamerka" and works, can take picture without any failure messages.
Included messages for Kamerka:

Kamerka version 0.8.1
    Copyright (C) 2011 Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
    Kamerka comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
    under certain conditions; type `./kamerka --license' for details.
static bool QDeclarativeMetaType::isModule(const QByteArray&, int, int) Qt 4.7 import detected; please note that Qt 4.7 is directly reusable as QtQuick 1.x with no code changes. Continuing, but startup time will be slower.
kamerka(12445)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:

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