Ok,  I rebuilt the good plugins with --enable-experimental. So now when I'm running: hamburglar@hamburglar-desktop:~/Desktop/GSTStuff/gst-plugins-good-0.10.6$ gst-launch v4l2src ! ximagesink Setting pipeline to PAUSED ... ERROR: Pipeline doesn't want to pause. ERROR: from element /pipeline0/v4l2src0: Error getting capabilities for device '/dev/video0': It isn't a v4l2 driver. Check if it is a v4l1 driver. Additional debug info: v4l2_calls.c(70): gst_v4l2_get_capabilities (): /pipeline0/v4l2src0: system error: Invalid argument Setting pipeline to NULL ... FREEING pipeline ... So I guess this means my webcam doesn't support v4l2?  Is this an incorrect assumption, or am I misunderstanding something here?  I thought v4l2 was a set of API's...  and v4l / v4l2 were just two sets of APIs to a device...  err... huh?  I guess I'm pretty confused.  Why would my Logitech Quickcam even support v4l if it's made for windows? Anyways, I next tried... hamburglar@hamburglar-desktop:~/Desktop/GSTStuff/gst-plugins-good-0.10.6$ gst-launch v4lsrc ! ximagesink Setting pipeline to PAUSED ... ERROR: Pipeline doesn't want to pause. ERROR: from element /pipeline0/v4lsrc0: Could not negotiate format Additional debug info: gstbasesrc.c(2293): gst_base_src_start (): /pipeline0/v4lsrc0: Check your filtered caps, if any Setting pipeline to NULL ... FREEING pipeline ... Here, I saw that the camera get's "activated", at least camera-monitor flips on for a moment... However, with the "could not negotiate format", I'm again pretty lost.  Where is the documentation that explains these kinds of things I'm trying to do?  Anyone know if I'm misunderstanding something specific, or is it more of a general "I just don't know what I'm doing". <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Tim Müller <<a href="mailto:t.i.m@zen.co.uk">t.i.m@zen.co.uk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 15:49 +0200, Topi Hukkanen wrote: > When trying to compile the GST Good plugins, I get: >     WARNING: *** v4l2src pre-configured not to be built > > Why is it not built by default? </div>It's only built if you pass --enable-experimental to ./configure Cheers  -Tim <div class="Ih2E3d"> > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Topi Hukkanen > <<a href="mailto:topi.hukkanen@gmail.com">topi.hukkanen@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >         Is it in the bad plugins?  Where? > >         Also: > >         ~$ gst-launch v4l2src ! xvimagesink >         ERROR: pipeline could not be constructed: no element >         "v4l2src". > > > >         Is this error indicative that I have not properly installed >         the v4l2src "glue" after compiling gstreamer? > </div>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/" target="_blank">http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/</a> > _______________________________________________ gstreamer-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net">gstreamer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/" target="_blank">http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/</a> _______________________________________________ gstreamer-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net">gstreamer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel</a> </blockquote></div>