@watchdog :-
watchdog wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 4:06 am
Webcam support is also broken in new Chrome-Electron-Chromium apps. I suspect we need a new build of v4l-utils and/or libv4l. And I'm in Slackware Current. Google's engineers are breaking all the software.
Mmm....are you absolutely sure about that? It could be Slackware that are having the problems; I have heard that some of their 'dev' teams are having real issues ATM. Just check out the Slackware "forum" over at LQ.org; there's plenty of recent postings about some of this. There's even rumblings that the time-honoured 'Slackbuilds' process may need a complete re-think before long....apparently, a lot of recent 'recipes' are simply NOT building properly..?
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I've just fired-up Google "Meet" in Brave v1.39.111.....the current stable build, based around the most recent stable build of Chromium - v102.0.5005.61. It detected and used my Logitech c920 HD 'Pro' immediately. This is in Barry's 7-yr old Quirky64 "April" 7.0.1, which I don't think was 'based' around any particular distro, though a lot of Tahrpup64 stuff has always worked here.
It does help to ensure your 'cam has UVC support. Most of Logitech's top-end cams do; makes 'em plug'n'play, OOTB.
It's also working A-OK with the current, stable Chrome.....AND with the Jitsi-Meet, AppImage-based 'portable' that I put together. This is also built with the Electron framework, and the Jitsi AppImage is one of the modern types which updates approximately once a month via a .yml download file, so is always using the newest release of Electron.
AND it's working OK with Zoom.....who have recently added around 200MB-worth of Electron-framework to what was already a large app. Current Zoom runs out at around 450 MB, installed!
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I wouldn't like to say what the situation is for webcams without UVC support, however. It's entirely possible newer builds of v4l1 & v4l2 are needed here......I can't dismiss your statement out-of-hand, because I honestly don't know. I've always researched webcams for Linux very carefully prior to purchase, to make certain they DO have the all-important UVC support.
You may well be right.
Mike.