Ubuntu 20.04 and a Philips SPC230NC webcam

[bsdaddict]

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On Tuesday, March 9, 2021 8:26 PM, Charles M <chaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:

> I second Keith's suggestion to try gucview. I was testing webcams at work and found Cheese detected only 4 cameras while gucview and OBS detected 6 (of 10 I tested).
>
> I also tested all the webcams with Zoom and interestingly it found 5.
>
> It seems Cheese must use a different method to access the webcams than either gucview or OBS (Open Broadcaster Software).
>
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2021, 10:26 AM Keith, <keith at caramail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 3/8/21 1:20 PM, bsdaddict via ubuntu-users wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I'm trying to get my Philips SPC 230 NC webcam to work with Ubuntu 20.04.
>>> The camera is found by lsusb :
>>> $ lsusb
>>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
>>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>>> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>>> Bus 001 Device 007: ID 03f0:3c02 HP, Inc PhotoSmart 7350
>>> Bus 001 Device 006: ID 093a:262c Pixart Imaging, Inc.
>>> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1b1c:1b2d Corsair K95 RGB Platinum Keyboard [RGP0056]
>>> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
>>> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0151 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass
>>> Storage Device (Multicard Reader)
>>> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
>>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>>>
>>> The driver seems to be loaded as well :
>>> lsmod | grep gspca
>>> gspca_pac7302 20480 0
>>> gspca_main 32768 1 gspca_pac7302
>>> videobuf2_vmalloc 20480 1 gspca_main
>>> videobuf2_v4l2 28672 1 gspca_main
>>> videobuf2_common 53248 2 gspca_main,videobuf2_v4l2
>>> videodev 245760 4
>>> gspca_main,gspca_pac7302,videobuf2_v4l2,videobuf2_common
>>>
>>> In a console with "cvlc v4l2:///dev/video0" I can get an image.
>>> But Cheese does not find any device. Is there a way to get the webcam
>>> working with any software ?
>>> Thanks for any hints.
>>> Beni
>>>
>>
>> Might be a permissions thing. Is your username in the "video" group? Use
>> the "id" command to find out. If not in the group, then add yourself to
>> it and then log out and back in to make the change take effect. Then try
>> Cheese again.
>>
>> If that's not it, you might install guvcview and see if that works.
>>
>> Another possible issue is whether or not you're logged into a Wayland
>> session, or an X11 one. If your running Wayland, then maybe switch to
>> X11 and see that makes a difference. Or vice-versa.
>>
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I added myself to the video group but with guvcview the webcam does work now.
Thanks for the help !
Beni
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