I'm experiencing some issues with OBS 0.14.x running under Linux Mint 17.3 (64-bit) - my Logitech C170 webcam video freezes up and at best I get one still image capture. The same webcam works fine in V4L2 test, Cheese, VLC and Skype - but I can't use these as alternate capture methods because these apps also freeze up when OBS is started and revert to working when OBS is shut down.
The Logitech C170 video worked fine in 0.13.x, it's only since I upgraded that it's stopped working. Does anyone have any ideas as to
a) how to get the camera working again under 0.14.x, or
b) how I can revert back to 0.13.1 for Linux (I'm willing to give compiling form source a go if it's not too complicated).
Are you attempting to use a webcam in multiple programs at the same time? It sounds like you might have it active in skype or some other program at the same time. Webcams and video devices in general cannot really be used in multiple programs at once on the same computer. You can always compile the older 0.13.1 tag if you want to try it out but we didn't make any changes to our v4l2 plugin between 0.13.1 and 0.14.2.
ReplyDeleteHugh Bailey Not specifically - the locking up in OBS occurs regardless of whether I have another webcam app operating or not. I only started the other webcam apps like VLC up to see if there was a way I could use the functioning video feed from them to input into an OBS window as a workaround, but that didn't work.
ReplyDeleteMy preferred setup is one webcam operating with OBS, which is how it was working well in OBS 0.13.1 before I upgraded and the trouble began.
Hm, I don't think it's something between versions, but I could of course be wrong. If you compile 0.13.1 and it works properly versus 0.14.2, please let me know and I'll take a further look. Could be possible that your particular issue is not even related to the v4l2 plugin code if it is somehow a bug, though I really don't feel it should be a bug with obs in this case. Again could be wrong though, would like to find out.
ReplyDelete(Also apologies I wasn't able to respond right away, sometimes I get a bit wrapped up in things)
ReplyDeleteUpdate: I've discovered that the camera issue only seems to occur for the latest OBS release in the MATE desktop environment when using the default 'Marco' compositing. For some reason everything works fine in MATE when using Compiz, and also in Cinnamon. Weird.
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