Camera (gnome-snapshot) "No Camera Found"

[corradoventu]

In Ubuntu 24.04 cheese has been removed and replaced by Camera (gnome-snapshot) but camera does not work
tested on 3 different PC with different webcams.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...t/+bug/2058131
same problem with gnome-snapshot new version
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...t/+bug/2060390

[Claus7]

Hello,

also affected from this bug. In app store is found under debian packages as camera. Also, it doesn't follow the light theme.

Regards!

[jbicha]

We should be getting a new pipewire version soon that improves some issues with webcams, but it still doesn't completely fix my issues.

You may want to report your issues upstream to either Snapshot or Pipewire or both. I have done that this week.

[corradoventu]

After installing pipewire 1.0.5-1 from proposed and reboot Snapshot is working

[jbicha]

Yay!

I still have something like a race issue with wireplumber on my computers. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipew.../-/issues/3960

[1fallen]

Not related to the topic, but yesterday's upgrades with Bluez, Wireplumber fixed all audio on my end.

Thanks for the Link jbicha

EDIT:

apt-cache policy wireplumber pipewire
wireplumber:
  Installed: 0.4.17-1ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.4.17-1ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 0.4.17-1ubuntu4 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
pipewire:
  Installed: 1.0.5-1
  Candidate: 1.0.5-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.5-1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[corradoventu]

same wireplumber and pipewire ... fixed all audio, but camera still does not work for me

[1fallen]

Mine works with:

apt policy webcamoid
webcamoid:
  Installed: 9.1.1-1build6
  Candidate: 9.1.1-1build6
  Version table:
 *** 9.1.1-1build6 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Hardware is: "Bison Electronics Inc. Integrated Camera" and snapshot works as well on my end.

It has a few more depends than cheese:

 apt depends webcamoid
webcamoid
  Depends: qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel
  Depends: qml-module-qt-labs-settings
  Depends: qml-module-qtqml-models2
  Depends: qml-module-qtquick-controls
  Depends: qml-module-qtquick-controls2
  Depends: qml-module-qtquick-dialogs
  Depends: qml-module-qtquick-extras
  Depends: qml-module-qtquick-privatewidgets
  Depends: qml-module-qtquick-templates2
  Depends: qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects
  Depends: qml-module-qt-labs-platform
  Depends: webcamoid-data
  Depends: webcamoid-plugins
  Depends: libavkys9 (>= 9.1.1)
  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
  Depends: libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0)
  Depends: libqt5core5t64 (>= 5.15.1)
 |Depends: libqt5gui5t64 (>= 5.11.0~rc1)
  Depends: libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.11.0~rc1)
  Depends: libqt5network5t64 (>= 5.9.0~beta)
  Depends: libqt5qml5 (>= 5.1.0)
 |Depends: libqt5quick5 (>= 5.9.0~beta)
  Depends: libqt5quick5-gles (>= 5.9.0~beta)
  Depends: libqt5quickcontrols2-5 (>= 5.12.2)
  Depends: libqt5widgets5t64 (>= 5.0.2)
  Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
┌───────────────────>
│~ 
└─> apt depends cheese
cheese
  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
  Depends: libcanberra-gtk3-0t64 (>= 0.26)
  Depends: libcheese-gtk25 (= 44.1-1build4)
  Depends: libcheese8 (= 44.1-1build4)
  Depends: libclutter-1.0-0 (>= 1.16)
  Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8)
  Depends: libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2)
  Depends: libglib2.0-0t64 (>= 2.79.0)
  Depends: libgnome-desktop-3-20t64 (>= 3.17.92)
  Depends: libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0)
  Depends: libgtk-3-0t64 (>= 3.21.5)
  Depends: cheese-common (>= 44.1-1build4)
  Depends: gnome-video-effects
  Recommends: gvfs
  Recommends: yelp
  Suggests: gnome-video-effects-frei0r

[corradoventu]

webcamoid is NOT== gnome-snapshot

[1fallen]

webcamoid is NOT== gnome-snapshot

I understand that:

snapshot
2024-04-18T16:38:57.810028Z  INFO snapshot::application::imp: Snapshot (org.gnome.Snapshot)    
2024-04-18T16:38:57.810145Z  INFO snapshot::application::imp: Version: 46.2    
2024-04-18T16:38:57.810150Z  INFO snapshot::application::imp: Datadir: /usr/share/snapshot

I guess you are just bug-triaging and did not need an alternative. So shoot me for being helpful...LOL