[Bug 195914] [NEW] Ekiga & gstreamer inputs default to outdated V4L, and require to be changed to V4L2

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Most modern webcam and capture devices are V4L2 based, but gstreamer and
Ekiga both default to using V4L instead.  The V4L API isn't even
available in 2.6 kernels beyond 2.6.15, so it makes much more sense to
disable it by default.

Webcam capture applications that use gstreamer (such as ekiga) throw
errors otherwise.

** Affects: dell
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Mario Limonciello (superm1)
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: gstreamer
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: ekiga (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Mario Limonciello (superm1)
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: gst-plugins-good0.10 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Mario Limonciello (superm1)
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: ekiga (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: gst-plugins-good0.10 (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Fix Released

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Ekiga & gstreamer inputs default to outdated V4L, and require to be changed to V4L2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195914
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