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Thread: Webcam crashes when using Flash

  1. #11
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    Re: Webcam crashes when using Flash

    Actually, i just tried it again and i described the problem slightly incorrectly. The camera works with flash fine up until i hit the record button.

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    Re: Webcam crashes when using Flash

    Well I'm on board with you to some extent as well. Mine almost certainly is not a web cam problem. If I adjust the configuration to allow without asking, the camera works. It seems a bit rough and has to some extent been intermittent, but it works. So now I'm even more perplexed.

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    Re: Webcam crashes when using Flash

    Mine is set to work without asking as well but as soon as i hit that record button the image freezes

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    Re: Webcam crashes when using Flash

    you most likely did this by now
    try cleaning out the cache and temp files

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    Re: Webcam crashes when using Flash

    Quote Originally Posted by no2498 View Post
    you most likely did this by now
    try cleaning out the cache and temp files
    Yeah this is a problem on multiple browsers (Epiphany, Chromium, and Firefox) and happened on jaunty as well as karmic and probably intrepid as well. I'm also pretty sure it's the same for 32 as well as 64 bit

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    Re: Webcam crashes when using Flash

    what program you trying to use to record with

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    Re: Webcam crashes when using Flash

    Quote Originally Posted by no2498 View Post
    what program you trying to use to record with
    Flash. Sites like YouTube, Facebook, and others use Flash for record video directly from webcam

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    Re: Webcam crashes when using Flash

    Not to be strident but it is as the subject says--Flash.

    Mine had the problem on 32-bit Jaunty and after a fresh install of 64-bit Karmic. I reformatted to ext4 so there is no chance that some cache or other file persisted. I also had several reinstalls with reformatting to clear other problems.

    I tried removing the profile several times between Hardy and Jaunty.

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    Re: Webcam crashes when using Flash

    Apparently this is a problem with flash, and it can be worked around. The only program i have heard of that does this is Webcam Studio:
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/webcamstudio/

    Unfortunately, it does not work for me-- and i do not need all of the features it has. Hopefully this may help people

    And maybe it will give helpers and idea of what i need to be able to use my webcam with most flash websites. Is there some other application that i can use, or can someone help me figure out why webcam studio won't do the trick for me?

    Edit: for details-- previously (without webcam studio) flash detected my webcam, but crashed. Crashed may not be the best word. Flash was still responsive, but my webcam would freeze and be inaccessible until i quit out of the browser. Now, (with webcam studio), my webcam isn't even detected, although the microphone seems to be (though i'm not positive it's the webcam's microphone, or if it works)

    Edit: I found more! Flashcam looks like it could help http://www.swift-tools.net/Flashcam/ but i can't get it to install and there are no debs anywhere. I have filed packaging requests for webcamstudio and flashcam-- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539963 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539965

    Edit: Even more! The issue has been reported on Adobe's bug tracker in 2008 and we can vote for them to fix it there: https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-204
    Last edited by DPic; March 17th, 2010 at 07:59 AM.

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    Re: Webcam crashes when using Flash

    Have you tried preloading the V4L1 compatibility library ? That workaround does it for me with all cameras that have problems with Flashplayer 10+

    Here is how you use it:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1398279

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