This looks exactly like an issue that has just been worked around in GStreamer (see upstream bug at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796789, the fix will be in release 1.14.2).
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #796789 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796789 ** Also affects: cheese via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796789 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Project changed: cheese => gst-plugins-good1.0 (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cheese in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758994 Title: "There was an error playing video from the webcam" Status in cheese package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gst-plugins-good1.0 package in Ubuntu: Unknown Bug description: Chesee version: 3.28 Ubuntu version: 18.04 (26.03.18 updated) when i open cheese, cheese shows "There was an error playing video from the webcam" Crashlog: UNPC:~$ cheese (cheese:11112): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:07:11.856: Theme parsing error: cheese.css:7:35: The style property GtkScrollbar:min-slider-length is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version (cheese:11112): cheese-WARNING **: 21:07:12.958: Device '/dev/video0' failed during initialization: gstv4l2object.c(3695): gst_v4l2_object_set_format_full (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin18/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src1: Call to TRY_FMT failed for YUYV @ 1280x720: Input/output error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/1758994/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
