[gst-devel] Init problem with v4l2src?

[Tim Müller]

On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 11:40 +0100, Fredrik Persson wrote:

> I may have found a problem with v4l2src. When my PC is just booted, if I
> try to use v4l2src in any way, I don't get anything. Meaning, If I try
> to create a pipeline with it as source, I get no video.
> 
> Then, if I start some non-gstreamer app that uses the v4l2 driver, such
> as for example tvtime, I get picture. I then shut down tvtime and again
> try to use v4l2src. At this point, v4l2src works fine.
> 
> Therefore, I'm leaning towards some kind of init that v4l2src doesn't
> do, that tvtime does. 
> 
> I'd like to know if anyone else has seen this?

This sounds a lot like
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486250 .

Does it work for you as well if you try a second time, without calling
any other programs in between?

 Cheers
  -Tim