Cheese is a cheesy program to take pictures and videos from your web cam.
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Acer crystal eye webcam stopped working
I'm not sure what went wrong, or what I did. But one day it suddenly wasn't working.
In Cheese Webcam Booth it shows a black screen. The little camera light next to the webcam isn't switched on.
In ...
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Segmentation fault (core dumped) webcam
When I try to use Skype, Cheese or set up the video input for my webcam it abruptly closes. Having the Terminal opened, I found out that it is giving me the error: Segmentation fault (core dumped) and ...
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integrated webcam issues lenovo t430u ubuntu 12.10
I am fairly new user to Ubuntu. I have a fresh install of 64 bit Ubuntu 12.10 with the gnome remix. The laptop is Lenovo thinkpad T430u. The issue is my integrated laptop webcam is not working with ...
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Cheese won't start: assertion 'CHEESE_IS_CAMERA_DEVICE (device)' failed
Cheese (photobooth) used to open just fine on my iMac 12,2 running Ubuntu 12.04 however it has stopped opening from either the launcher or terminal. I thought it might be due to running WMII but I ...
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Laptop's integrated webcam is detected, but doesn't work
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Samsung NP350V5C series notebook. When I try to use the integrated webcam in skype, guvcview or cheese, it shows up in the settings menu as "Webcam SC-13HDL11939N ...
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Can't capture video with cheese. Ubuntu 12.10
On my Asus N61DA Notebook with built-in webcamera no possibility to capture video with cheese. Shooting photos fine, but when pushing "record a video" button, application freezes for a few seconds and ...
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Help with Webcam ubuntu 12.10
I have a dell latitude E6520 Laptop with integrated webcam and ubuntu 12.10 64 bit. I had my webcamera up and running. For some reason, I purged cheese and luvcview. Now, when I reinstall, I'm not ...
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Why doesn't Cheese not allow for multiple effects to be selected at the same time?
For some reason in cheese on my 12.10 Ubuntu box, it seems I can not choose multiple effects. Is this a bug or what?
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Inactive buttons in Cheese on ubuntu 12.04
I upgraded to ubuntu 12.04 and now I get error messages in terminal when I run cheese. The program opens, but none of the buttons are active and preferences is not highlighted and can't be clicked on. ...
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Cheese config file location
I would like to do a fresh install of cheese. I have purge-removed the package and re-installed but when I open up cheese it has my old settings. Where are the cheese config files located? I would ...
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Skype & Cheese video
I cannot view the webcam in Skype or Cheese.
The webcam is working because it is viewable on the Skype call at the other end and Cheeses will take photos. Also I cannot view any incoming videos in ...
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Logitech E3500 not working
I have a Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit system and my Logitech E3500 webcam only shows black when starting skype or cheese.
Any ideas ?
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Cheese webcam problem
I have got a new webcam: Logitech. But today when I have connected it to my pc (ubuntu 12.10) and tried to open with Cheese Webcam Booth I've got something like this:
Problem is that I can take ...
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Webcam and Cheese: Unbelievably slow
I have a machine with 4 GIG of RAM on a 64 bit computer. Yet, Cheese is found to be unbelievably slow in recording videos. What would be an apt alternate for video recording on Ubuntu systems?
To my ...
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Green flickering screen in skype after preloading v4l1compat.so [closed]
I was able to get a picture in the skype options menu but only a stripe on the top of the picture looks right. The camera works without problems in cheese. Can I fix this or is this a problem only the ...
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Cheese/Gnome/Unity - video not detected
I am pretty new to Linux and would like to seek help from experts. My issue is that when ever I start my camera software/ Skype I either get a black screen or just that the webcam is not detected.
I ...
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how do i close fullscreen in cheese
I have a HP 6vt and once I put cheese in full screen it has no way to move back to a window since nothing on my computer works at that point except the off button.I even went to software center and ...
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Microsoft Lifecam VX-2000 doesn't work anymore in Cheese
I got have two Lifecam VX-2000's and they don't work in cheese anymore.
I don't know if it's a problem with a missing package, or a package I installed.
Here is the output.
(cheese:11122): ...
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Anything better than Cheese for video capture?
I need to record some video from my webcam and while Cheese works, it lacks settings, and only outputs the webm format that is full of stutters, etc.
Can't seem to find any alternative...
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Webcam detected but not showing up
I'm using Acer 4530 with Suyin webcam. The webcam can be detected but not showing anything. Before I start anything, I ran lsof /dev/video0 to make sure nothing is using the camera, and I started ...
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Cheese will not start in 12.04
I start Cheese on my 12.04 installation. I have used it before in my previous installations but since I upgraded to 12.04, no joy! I have a GeForce GT-520 video card with the "recommended" additional ...
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Problem with CHEESE in Ubuntu 12.04
At first I liked CHEESE as it had a lot of fun features, but then I ran into it being unpredictable. Sometimes it would start, and sometimes it wouldn't at all. Even when it did come on, the video ...
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Cheese burst mode delay time not working
In cheese, when I alter the burst delay time to say 30 or 60 seconds, the changes in the GUI don't seem to propagate through to the program logic properly. The GUI retains the value, but the program ...
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Logitech web camera detected at installation ,but not after installation
I am using Ubuntu 12.4 & using logitech web camera, while installing the OS, the camera had taken images.but after installing the OS I am not able to use the camera.
I have already installed the ...
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Cheese is not working
receiving this error. running 12.04 i686, using gdm, and dwm for wm.
(cheese:26502): Gdk-WARNING **: The program 'cheese' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the ...
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Cheese is not working with Ubuntu 11.10 in HPG62 laptop
When I run cheese in terminal, it gives following message and cheese comes up with black screen, and nothing works in it.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
(cheese:2966): Gtk-WARNING **: ...
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Cheese “No Device Found” on a Lenovo S10-3t ideapad
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my lenovo netbook device. Works beautifully. But, when I run Cheese it opens with a message saying "No Device Found".
Now how do i fix this? Is there any drivers that I ...
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Cheese launches but webcam area is black
Command-line 12.04 Cheese
(cheese:4144): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to add a widget with type GtkImage to a GtkToggleButton, but as a GtkBin subclass a GtkToggleButton can only contain one widget at ...
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Which other “photo booth” program can I use besides cheese (on a Toshiba AC100)?
After installing Ubuntu 12.04 on a Toshiba AC100 several days ago, as described at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/TEGRA/AC100, and seeing during the installation that the OS was able to use the camera ...
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Cheese Webcam Booth stuck in fullscreen
I decided to put Cheese Webcam Booth in fullscreen mode. How do I undo this?
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Cheese won't start
I can't start Cheese Webcam Booth. It starts loading and there is a brief moment when the window shows up but then it disappears, like it shuts itself down and it's not in system monitor.
My webcam ...
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Why can I not start cheese
I have install many applications and cheese was one of those but I can not open
I have tried cheese on debian 6.04 and cheese works fine but not on Ubuntu.
Maybe, I do not any drivers installed on ...
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How to get Logitech C510 webcam working in Cheese/Skype
I have a Logitech C510 webcam connected to my desktop running 64-bit Ubuntu 11.10, but it doesn't seem to be working when I run Cheese and Skype. After doing some search, it seems this webcam should ...
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How to fix webcam on Macbook Pro 5,5
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Macbook Pro 5.5. When I initially installed, the webcam worked perfectly, and I could use Cheese to take photos or video without any problems. However, now when I open ...
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How do I get a Sony VAIO vgn-cr120e webcam working? [closed]
I have a Sony Vaio VGN-CR120E with Ubuntu 11.10. My webcam will not work with skype or cheese. It simply says "No Device Found". Can somebody please help me fix this? Thanks.
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Bad quality in Cheese Webcam Booth Software [closed]
I installed Cheese Webcam Booth from Software Center to 11.10, Cheese worked beautiful in 11.04 but in .10 the image is so bad (ive put a pic of it), i like the functionalities of it and dont want to ...
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How to adjust webcam image on Skype?
My Microsoft Lifecam VX-2000 webcam works with Skype and Cheese, but the image is a little dark on Skype. I adjust it on Cheese but the changes don't reflect in Skype (I think this was expected ...
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Cheese Not Working [closed]
When i launch Cheese, nothing launches nor the green light on may laptop webcam glows. I typed cheese in terminal and i got
cheese:2293): Gdk-WARNING **: The program 'cheese' received an X Window ...
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Cheese won't run in framebuffer
When I try to run Cheese from terminal I receive this error message:
Clutter-CRITICAL **: Unable to initialize Clutter: Unable to find
suitable fbconfig for the GLX context: Unable to find ...
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Z-star Vimicro webcam black white output instead of color
I've just installed Ubuntu 11.10 and I've found that my webcam output is in black & white. In ubuntu 11.04 everything worked fine, now I've tested my webcam with skype and cheese: neither is ...
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Why doesn't my webcam work with cheese? [closed]
It used to work, but now it gives me an error: no device found. My Ubuntu is 11.10. Please help.
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Q-Tec Webcam 100 (093a:2460) video quality is horrible at best
I just bought a new usb webcam for my desktop setup of Ubuntu Natty Narwhal. I plugged it in, started up Cheese, and saw my smiling face. But it was green and lined, very poor quality overall. I am ...
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Webcam does not work for Acer Aspire One [closed]
I have an Aspire One D250-1341 mfg date March 2010. I cannot get my built-in webcam to work with cheese.
I'm a beginner - any help?
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cheese not working with latest update of gstreamer
One of more needed gstreamer elements are missing:
gconfaudiosrc,gconfvideosink.
According to the information I found both are part of the GStreamer Good Plugins 0.10 which Synaptic says I have ...
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How do I install Cheese 3.0?
After seeing an article on Cheese 3.0 and it's new effects some months back, it was going to be one of the major highlights of 11.04 to me.
Sadly, I find 3.0 is not in the repo; it has been released, ...
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Webcam not recognized on my Sony Vaio VGN-CR363 laptop
when I open Cheese it says No device found.
and i've also tried changing the gstreamer properties
my lsusb http://pastebin.com/BX6B4Wpe
my lspci http://pastebin.com/FZmseTST
i've also tried ricoh ...
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UVC Certified: FaceVsion’s TouchCam N1
Does anyone know if FaceVsion’s TouchCam N1 is UVC certified, or if it works with Ubuntu 10.10?
If so does it work with cheese, and or skype?
Thanks!
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Skype shows a blank window on the webcam part what could be the problem?
The other party is sending their webcam view and I am sending mine, so that they can see everything fine, but i only can see a blank window.
when enabling the "show my webcam" it shows for a few ...
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Widescreen web camera will only show in standard definition in Cheese
How do I make it show in a wide screen resolution?
The Camera is a Logitech C270.
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Cheese with vaapi
I am using a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 with GMA500 video drivers. GMA500 fixes resolution issues and enables video acceleration. The only problem with the GMA500 drivers I am having is that I can not find ...
