Ekiga & gstreamer inputs default to outdated V4L, and require to be changed to V4L2
Bug #195914 reported by
Mario Limonciello
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GStreamer |
Fix Released
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Medium
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| ekiga (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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| ekiga (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Mario Limonciello | ||
| gst-plugins-good0.10 (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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| gst-plugins-good0.10 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Mario Limonciello | ||
Bug Description
Most modern webcam and capture devices are V4L2 based, but gstreamer and Ekiga both default to using V4L instead. The V4L API isn't even available in 2.6 kernels beyond 2.6.15, so it makes much more sense to disable it by default.
Webcam capture applications that use gstreamer (such as ekiga) throw errors otherwise.
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| Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote | #1 |
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| Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote | #2 |
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| Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in gst-plugins-base0.10: | |
| assignee: | nobody → superm1 |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| Changed in dell: | |
| assignee: | nobody → superm1 |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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| Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in ekiga: | |
| assignee: | nobody → superm1 |
| status: | New → In Progress |
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| Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote | #5 |
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| Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote | #6 |
| Changed in ekiga: | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
| Changed in gst-plugins-base0.10: | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
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| Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote | #7 |
| Changed in gst-plugins-base0.10: | |
| status: | In Progress → Invalid |
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| Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote | #8 |
| Changed in gst-plugins-base0.10: | |
| status: | Invalid → Confirmed |
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| Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote | #9 |
| Changed in gstreamer: | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
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| Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote | #10 |
| Changed in gst-plugins-good0.10: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
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| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #11 |
| Changed in ekiga: | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
| Changed in dell: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
| Changed in gst-plugins-good0.10: | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| Changed in gstreamer: | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| Changed in ekiga: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in ekiga: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
| Changed in gstreamer: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Medium |
| Changed in somerville: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Mario Limonciello (superm1) |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| no longer affects: | dell |
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| Timothy R. Chavez (timrchavez) wrote | #12 |
| no longer affects: | somerville |
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