Questions tagged [cheese]
Cheese is a cheesy program to take pictures and videos from your web cam.
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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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UBUNTU 14.04 cheese booth not detect webcam
Cheese Booth shows an error:
There was an error playing video from the webcam
I test if webcam works fine or not by opening google hangout, its works fine.
Please tell, what is the issue in ...
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Cheese says "There was an error playing video from the webcam" [duplicate]
In recent versions of Ubuntu and in some computers, Cheese keeps saying:
There was an error playing video from the webcam
A bug was reported in Launchpad, which has not been solved.
The external ...
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Webcam not working on Ubuntu 20.04 after recent kernel update
My builtin webcam stopped working after a kernel update issued after 22 April 2020 . Before this date i was able to take pictures on cheese and video call etc , and for a while i didn't use my webcam ...
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How to fix Inbuilt Cheese (webcam) app in the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?
On upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS from 20.04 LTS, the inbuilt cheese application is not working properly. On running it, displays a Blank Black Screen.
Unable to capture vedios also. It gets stucked.
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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 unbelievably slow in recording videos. To my surprise, even YouTube records videos faster than Cheese.
What would be an apt ...
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A lot of buffers are being dropped
(cheese:6560): cheese-WARNING **: A lot of buffers are being dropped.: gstbasesink.c(2854): gst_base_sink_is_too_late (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstViewfinderBin:vf-bin/ClutterGstVideoSink:...
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Alternatives to Cheese
I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 and I find Cheese very basic, are there any alternatives (I have already read this Anything better than Cheese for video capture?, however that is only really on video ...
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How to install webcam (camera) driver on Ubuntu 17.04? (No device found)
My laptop can't detect my webcam anymore, so I can't take pictures or see myself from the webcam.
I was using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and everything was OK..., until I decided to install 17.04. After ...
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Where's the settings/preferences in Cheese photo booth?
My built in camera doesn't work well, it's damage and have crappy and blurry result, so I use a Logitech webcam.
Since I can switch the cams in Skype, I think the same option should be there for ...
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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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Where does CHEESE store its images?
I have taken some pictures using CHEESE, but now I cannot locate those images, so I can do nothing with them. I can't even delete them for the CHEESE GUI does not allow me to do anything with the ...
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Are there any webcam programs that save the date in the meta data?
I currently use Cheese, but it isn't really compatible with Shotwell because it doesn't save the date in the meta data - only the file name.
I could run a command to get the file name and put it into ...
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Unable to start webcam via Cheese: cluttervideosink missing
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 64bit on my HP DM4 laptop. Also, I have gstreamer1.0-clutter installed. Still getting the error
One or more needed GStreamer elements are missing: cluttervideosink
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Video recording in cheese is slow
cheese records at painful fps. video recording is really slow in cheese almost unusable.
How can I increase the fps for cheese.
I have HCL laptop with built in 1.3 MP camera 2.47 GHz i3 processor ...
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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 (I've put a picture of it), I like the functionalities of it and dont ...
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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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Cheese do not start due "GStreamer elements are missing: cluttervideosink"
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu Gnome 14.04, and when I tried to use cheese, it showed the message One or more needed GStreamer elements are missing: cluttervideosink Cheese worked just fine in 13.10 ...
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How to mirror the image on Cheese application on Ubuntu?
I'm new to Ubuntu. I have discovered that Ubuntu has a built-in webcam application called Cheese. It's doing its job but I want my images to be mirrored. How can I do that?
Thank you.
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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 anyway)...
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How can I install Microdia UVC microscope?
I bought a Maozua 5mp USB microscope off Amazon (after checking in the reviews that it worked on Linux). Sadly when I connected it on Lubuntu 16.04 it does not work in guvcview or cheese.
I did some ...
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How to access the missing settings/preferences menu in Cheese in non GNOME DEs?
Running cheese from the cmdline reports no errors, and "cheese -v" reports "Cheese 3.32.1" thus the app should display a preferences/settings menu button, but none is displayed. (...
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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 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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Integrated webcam isnt working at all ubuntu 14.04 x64
i've recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x64 and cheese isn't working also skype
they're recognizing the camera but it shows an error on playing from it
i tried solutions here , here and here
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Cheese: How to save camera image with another format (other than .jpg)?
I'm tring to use builtin webcam from my laptop to capture image.
Currently I'm using cheese. I know vlc will do the job but I wonder if cheese can do this.
I haven't found any option to change saving ...
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Webcam not detected in cheese, also not listed in lsusb
I have dell inspiron n5110 laptop with windows 7 and ubuntu 14.04 installed in it. Webcam works fine in windows. But in ubuntu , cheese shows "no device found". Here is my output of lsusb:
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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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How to add more video effects in Cheese?
Previous versions of Ubuntu (more than ten years ago) seemed to have more effects than currently present in Cheese.
Is there any way to add more effects in cheese?
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Why is My Ubuntu 19 Installation Not Detecting My Integrated Webcam? Cheese & Chrome Seem to Not Be Able to Access It
After countless attempts of fixing my machine, I've finally decided it's time to ask the Internet for help. Basically, my computer is unable to detect or use my integrated webcam....
at all.
Here ...
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terminal command to record video
I have cheese software in order to record a video and also take a picture from my laptop camera. But when you open that. you should do two thing: 1.Select video recording among its default taking ...
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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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Cheese not working properly
Ubuntu 22.04
Cheese 41.1
Logitech webcam
Taking a picture with Cheese it starts counting 3 2 1 then shows an error “There was an error playing video from webcam”.
Change the resolution up and down ...
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Webcam issue: Logitech Quickcam Chat
I'm having a problem getting my webcam, a logitech quickcam chat, to work with Ubuntu 20.04; it shows up in lsusb and as /dev/video1 just fine, and I can get it to show a picture in Guvcview and VLC, ...
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Compiling Cheese from source, fails to compile
I am trying to install cheese from source, and Im not interested in finding a package, because I have source code changes I should like to apply, if I can get it to compile. I have libtool automake, ...
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Cheese webcam app doesn't see webcam in 64-bit ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
When I run the Cheese app it shows nothing (see below) instead of picture from my webcam.
However guvcview (a webcam viewer app) recognizes my webcam and I see the picture from it.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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Webcam not working on HP Truvision HD
I am using an HP 15-ac650tu.
Any app/google meet says can't detect any webcam .
Here is the error on calling cheese or sudo cheese. Both of the commands throw the same error on the terminal and the ...
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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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Webcam not working for Zoom/Cheese but works on browser
I'm on Ubuntu 18.04. My webcam won't work for applications like Cheese and Zoom client. But it works in the browser when I use Google Meet via Firefox for example.
My webcam worked fine before I ...
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Cheese captures long, corrupted videos
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When I try to capture a video on my Thinkpad T495s laptop (Ubuntu 21.10) with Cheese, it produces a long video that freezes at the first frame. How can I fix this problem? Feel free to ask for ...
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How to make an inbuilt webcam work
This question arises in a lot of variants and so I got a lot of hints how I could solve my issue - but until now nothing really worked for me.
At first I tried to use cheese as supposed in various ...
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InBuilt Web Cam not working in HP Laptop. As I open cheese it shows complete black screen. Ubuntu 20.04
My HP Pavilion laptop has Ubuntu 18 version and I once tried to disable InBuilt webcam just for security reasons. But now it wasn't working and I reinstalled newer version of Ubuntu 20. But even after ...
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How to fix webcam on Cheese [closed]
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64 bit)
Dell Latitude E5500
Webcam: Creative Notebook Pro (listed as tested and ok for Linux)
Cheese 3.18.1
I installed the webcam and fired up Cheese with 640 x 480 and video was ...
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