I bought this TeckNet C016 webcam and I'm having trouble getting it to work. Before buying it, I checked to see if anyone else was using it with Linux and there were positive results.
When I plug the webcam into my PC, I am able to turn a little wheel which activates the LEDs so it's getting power. When it's plugged in, I can see a video0 entry in /dev/ (though sometimes it appears as video1)
I have Cheese and VLC installed. Starting cheese shows the message There was an error playing video from the webcam, the same as in this question. I followed the answers for that question. Cheese outputs the following to the console:
libv4l2: error turning on stream: Invalid argument
(cheese:4523): cheese-WARNING **: Internal data flow error.: gstbasesrc.c(2865): gst_base_src_loop (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin17/GstV4l2Src:video_source:
streaming task paused, reason not-negotiated (-4)
Running as su doesn't help.
I installed guvcview which opens 2 windows, of which one disappears before I get a chance to see what it is. I am left with the guvcviewer controls window. I assume the other window was to relay the video back to the screen. Among other things, this is printed to the console:
checking format: 1196444237
VIDIOC_G_COMP:: Inappropriate ioctl for device
fps is set to 1/25
drawing controls
libv4l2: error turning on stream: Invalid argument
VIDIOC_STREAMON - Unable to start capture: Invalid argument
Checking video mode 640x480@32bpp : OK
libv4l2: error turning on stream: Invalid argument
VIDIOC_STREAMON - Unable to start capture: Invalid argument
libv4l2: error turning on stream: Invalid argument
VIDIOC_STREAMON - Unable to start capture: Invalid argument
Finally, I tried VLC and opening a capture device. I set capture mode to Video Camera, device to /dev/video0 and video standard to All. I get the following message:
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'v4l2:///dev/video0'. Check the log for details.
