Re: USB camera;
From: Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 10:16:20 +0300
> Try (assuming that you have appropriate device permissions):
>
> mpv tv:// --tv-device=/dev/video0
peter@dalton:~$ mpv tv:// --tv-device=/dev/video0
Playing: tv://
[tv] Selected driver: v4l2
[tv] name: Video 4 Linux 2 input
[tv] your device driver does not support VIDIOC_G_STD ioctl, VIDIOC_G_PARM was used instead.
[tv] Selected device: Microsoft® LifeCam NX-6000
[tv] Capabilities: video capture read/write streaming
[tv] supported norms:
[tv] inputs: 0 = Camera 1;
[tv] Current input: 0
[tv] Current format: MJPEG
[tv] ioctl set format failed: Input/output error
[tv] ioctl set mute failed: Invalid argument
[tv] 0 frames successfully processed, 0 frames dropped.
Failed to recognize file format.
Exiting... (Errors when loading file)
peter@dalton:~$
"Failed to recognize file format." is reminiscent of the problem with
guvcview; but MJPEG is no exotic format. A small idiosyncracy in the
camera output is not recognized by the Linux softwares? Most such
bugs would have been fixed years ago.
Regards, ... Peter E.
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