Ubuntu 20.04 and a Philips SPC230NC webcam

[Charles M]

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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