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Bug 524826 - media-video/guvcview-1.7.3 - does not show anything - Ignoring empty buffer ...I
Summary: media-video/guvcview-1.7.3 - does not show anything - Ignoring empty buffer ...I
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Media-video project
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords: PATCH
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2014-10-09 11:47 UTC by Juergen Rose
Modified: 2016-03-01 17:52 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---


Attachments
Patch to upgrade guvcview 1.7.3 ebuild to 2.0.1 (guvcview-1.7.3-to-2.0.1.patch,370 bytes, patch)
2014-10-09 17:55 UTC, Chris Mayo
Details | Diff

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Description Juergen Rose 2014-10-09 11:47:27 UTC
If I start guvcview, I see in the terminal window:

rose@lynx:/home/rose(5)$ guvcview 
guvcview 1.7.3
file guvcview_video.mkv has extension type 1
file guvcview_image.jpg has extension type 0
file guvcview_image.jpg has extension type 0
Video file suffix detected: 0
Image file suffix detected: 0
ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.28/work/alsa-lib-1.0.28/src/pcm/pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.28/work/alsa-lib-1.0.28/src/pcm/pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.28/work/alsa-lib-1.0.28/src/pcm/pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.28/work/alsa-lib-1.0.28/src/pcm/pcm_route.c:947:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.28/work/alsa-lib-1.0.28/src/pcm/pcm_route.c:947:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-plugins/alsa-plugins-1.0.28/work/alsa-plugins-1.0.28/pulse/pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused

ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-plugins/alsa-plugins-1.0.28/work/alsa-plugins-1.0.28/pulse/pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused

video device: /dev/video0 
vid:046d 
pid:081b 
driver:uvcvideo
device doesn't seem to support uvc H264 (0)
mapping control for Pan (relative)
UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP - Error: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
mapping control for Tilt (relative)
UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP - Error: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
mapping control for Pan Reset
...
UVCIOC_CTRL_MAP - Error: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Init. UVC Camera (046d:081b) (location: usb-0000:00:1a.7-4.2)
{ pixelformat = 'YUYV', description = 'YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV)' }
{ discrete: width = 640, height = 480 }
        Time interval between frame: 1/30, 1/25, 1/20, 1/15, 1/10, 1/5, 
{ discrete: width = 160, height = 120 }
        Time interval between frame: 1/30, 1/25, 1/20, 1/15, 1/10, 1/5, 
...
{ discrete: width = 1280, height = 960 }
        Time interval between frame: 1/30, 1/25, 1/20, 1/15, 1/10, 1/5, 
checking muxed H264 format support
device doesn't seem to support uvc H264 (0)
checking format: MJPG
VIDIOC_G_COMP:: Unpassender IOCTL (I/O-Control) für das Gerät
fps is set to 1/25
drawing controls


GUVCVIEW Signals:
  SIGUSR1: Video stop/start capture
  SIGUSR2: Image capture
  SIGINT (ctrl+c): Exit
examples:
   kill -s SIGUSR1 'pid'
   killall -s USR2 guvcview

Checking video mode 640x480@32bpp : OK 
Ignoring empty buffer ...
Ignoring empty buffer ...
Ignoring empty buffer ...
Ignoring empty buffer ...
...

The video output window of guvcview remains black. 'camorama' works like a charm. The camera is a Logitech, Inc. Webcam C310 camera. 'cheese' works sometimes.

Reemerging guvcview did not help.



rose@lynx:/home/rose(20)$ emerge --info guvcview 
Portage 2.2.14_rc1 (python 2.7.8-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop, gcc-4.8.3, glibc-2.19-r1, 3.17.0-gentoo x86_64)
=================================================================
                         System Settings
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-3.17.0-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T9500_@_2.60GHz-with-gentoo-2.2
KiB Mem:     3986448 total,   1359236 free
KiB Swap:   12582908 total,  12582908 free
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:30:01 +0000
ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.24 p1.4) 2.24
distcc[11416] (dcc_set_trace_from_env) ERROR: failed to open logfile /var/log/distcc.log: Permission denied [disabled]
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p53
dev-java/java-config:     2.2.0
dev-lang/perl:            5.20.1
dev-lang/python:          2.7.8, 3.3.5-r1, 3.4.1
dev-util/cmake:           3.0.2
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.28-r2
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.2
sys-apps/openrc:          0.13.1
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.6-r1
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13, 2.69
sys-devel/automake:       1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.14.1
sys-devel/binutils:       2.24-r3
sys-devel/gcc:            4.8.3
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.8
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4.2-r1
sys-devel/make:           4.1
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.16 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.19-r1
Repositories: gentoo sage-on-gentoo science sunrise x11 ago tlp local g-cpan g-octave
Installed sets: @system
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA PUEL Intel-SDP dlj-1.1 skype-eula skype-4.0.0.7-copyright googleearth AdobeFlash-11.x cadsoft Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE MakeMKV-EULA NVIDIA-CUDA Nero-AAC-EULA GIMPS"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/lib/hsqldb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr"
FFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ "
LANG="de_DE.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage_lynx"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/sage-on-gentoo /var/lib/layman/science /var/lib/layman/sunrise /var/lib/layman/x11 /var/lib/layman/ago /var/lib/layman/tlp /usr/local/portage /var/lib/cpan /var/lib/g-octave"
USE="64bit R X Xaw3d a52 aac acl acpi admin afs alsa amd64 ao apache2 apng applet archive armadillo arpack asf aspell atlas audacious audiofile automap automount bash-completion berkdb blas blast bluetooth bluray boost branding bzip2 cairo cdda cddb cdf cdio cdparanoia cdr cg cgi chm cli cmake consolekit cracklib crypt css cups curl cxx daap db dbi dbm dbus declarative designer devhelp device-mapper dga dia dirac djvu doc dot dri ds2490 ds9097 ds9097u dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvi dynamicplugin eds egl elf emacs emboss emf encode epiphany evo examples exif expat extensions extra extras faac faad fam ffmpeg fftw firefox fits flac fltk fontconfig foomaticdb fortran fortran95 fpm fpx fuse g3dvl garmin gcj gd gdal gdbm gdu gedit geoip geolocation geos gfortran gif gimp git glade glamor glib glpk gml gmp gnome gnome-keyring gnome-print gnuplot gnutls gold gphoto2 gpm grammar graphics graphtft graphviz grass gsl gsm gstreamer gtk gtk3 gudev guile hdaps hddtemp hdf hdf5 hdri html http httpd hvm hwdb iconv icq icu id3tag ide imagemagick imap inotify introspection ipod ipv6 irda ithreads jabber jadetex java java6 jbig jit john jpeg jpeg2k kate kdepim kdrive kerberos keymap kpathsea kvm ladspa lame lapack laptop latex lcms ldap lensfun libffi libkms libnotify libsamplerate lirc live lua lzma lzo mad mail maildir mapnik math matroska media-library mercurial mikmod mkl mmx mmxext mng mod modules mono motif mozilla mp3 mp4 mpeg mpi mplayer mtp multilib multimedia musepack musicbrainz mysql mysqli nautilus ncurses neXt netcdf netpbm network networking nfs nls nntp nptl nsplugin ntfs ntp numpy obex objc ocaml ocr octave odbc ofa ogdi ogg openexr opengl openmp openvg pam pango pcre pda pdf pdl2 perl plasma plotutils plugins png podcast policykit portaudio posix postgres postscript ppds preview-latex proj projectm pstricks pulseaudio python python-bindings q16 q32 qemu qhull qt3support qt4 quicktime raw readline reiserfs reports rle romio rpc rrdcgi rrdtool sage samba sasl schroedinger science sdk sdl secure-delete semantic-desktop server session shout sip slang slp smart smbclient smp sms sndfile snmp soap sockets sound soup sox speex spell sql sqlite sse sse2 sse4 sse4_1 ssl ssse3 startup-notification stlport subtitles subversion sudo suexec svg svm swig systemd szip t1lib tcl tcpd tex tex4ht texmacs theora thesaurus thinkpad threads thunderbird tidy tiff tk tools truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb utempter v4l vaapi vala valgrind vdpau video virt-network virtualbox visio vorbis vpx vtk wav webdav webdav-serf webkit wifi wmf wxwidgets x264 xa xattr xcb xetex xext xft xine xml xmlreader xmlrpc xpm xv xvid xvmc yaml youtube zlib zvbi" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="intel8x0" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_core authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_core authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info lbmethod_byrequests log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif slotmem_shm so socache_shmcb speling status unique_id unixd userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="canon fuji ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CURL_SSL="nss" DRACUT_MODULES="caps lvm syslog" DVB_CARDS="usb-wt220u" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev synaptics void" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="cfontz hd44780 mtxorb ncurses X lcd2usb lcdlinux png usblcd" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="de fr ru" NETBEANS_MODULES="apisupport cnd dlight enterprise ergonomics groovy gsf harness ide identity j2ee java mobility nb php profiler websvccommon xml" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="arm i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="arm i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby20" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nouveau displaylink" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, SYNC, USE_PYTHON

=================================================================
                        Package Settings
=================================================================

media-video/guvcview-1.7.3 was built with the following:
USE="pulseaudio" ABI_X86="64"





Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Chris Mayo 2014-10-09 17:55:52 UTC
Created attachment 386312 [details, diff]
Patch to upgrade guvcview 1.7.3 ebuild to 2.0.1

Looks like it may be this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1362358
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-media/msg81515.html

Probably worth trying an upgrade to guvcview 2.0.1 (attached ebuild changes emerge for me, maybe gsl could be optional)
http://sourceforge.net/p/guvcview/git-master/ci/1c3c037b6d02eef3d953b51dd41a88627473296a/tree/ChangeLog
Comment 2 Juergen Rose 2014-10-10 15:06:28 UTC
(In reply to Chris Mayo from comment #1)
> Created attachment 386312 [details, diff] [details, diff]
> Patch to upgrade guvcview 1.7.3 ebuild to 2.0.1
> 
> Looks like it may be this:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1362358
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-media/msg81515.html
> 
> Probably worth trying an upgrade to guvcview 2.0.1 (attached ebuild changes
> emerge for me, maybe gsl could be optional)
> http://sourceforge.net/p/guvcview/git-master/ci/
> 1c3c037b6d02eef3d953b51dd41a88627473296a/tree/ChangeLog

Thanks Chris, after installing guvcview-2.0.1 the issue disappeared.
Comment 3 Juergen Rose 2014-10-17 18:36:22 UTC
I just hit the problem at the second system. It would ber really good, if guvcview-2.0.1 would find its way into the portage tree.
Comment 4 John5788 2014-12-01 20:39:19 UTC
I am seeing the same problem as well.
Comment 5 Soren Harward 2015-03-01 03:30:30 UTC
Versions before 2.0.1 are buggy and won't work with kernel >= 3.16:

http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@vger.kernel.org/msg80144.html

Please stabilize >=2.0.1.  Thanks.
Comment 6 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2016-03-01 17:52:15 UTC
2.0.3 in the tree (please use a separate bug for the stabilization of the concrete version that should be used)