Ubuntu
cheese package

  1. Bug #1295247
  2. Comment #38

Comment 38 for bug 1295247

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Ēriks Karls (inpoc1) wrote : Re: Cheese says "There was an error playing video from webcam"

I gad almost the same problem with HP probook 450 G1 built in webcam, but I saw the image and only when
i was about to take a picture (countdown went to zero and flash appeared) I got the message about video not being able to play, but then I followed ramseygurley: the camera fails with cheese in default settings, but sorta works if I go into preferences and choose 1280x720 resolution.
And I switched resolution to 640x480, restarted, switched back to 1280x720 and again restarted. Now I am able to take "selfies"