On Thu Jun 13 15:45:55 2024 Walter wrote: > Hello Thomas, > > On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:27:30 -0400 Thomas Frohwein wrote > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 01:45:44PM +0200, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I followed the instructions in OpenBSD media FAQ but I coudn't make my > > > webcam work neither on chromium nor on ungoogled-chromium. It works > > > fine on Firefox. Does anyone know any trick to make it work? > > > > > > > I'm not sure how to help with that if you're not sharing anything about > > your hardware. > > At first I did not associate the issue with a hardware problem because I > found several users complaining about this same thing with different > machines and operating systems. Some provided a solutions, but none of > them worked for me. Besides, the webcam works with the command > video(1), ffmpeg and Firefox. And, the webcam is recognized by > chromium, it just shows a black screen. Is that chromium could have > problems with my specific video card? > > In any case, below you have the info you asked me. >
It seems you were right. It was a hardware issue, chromium have some problem with the integrated webcam in my thinkpad. I borrowed a logitech external webcam to my wife, pluged in and this webcam works with chromium.
