Video Capture not working

[Robert Kuropkat]

I have an Ubuntu host and VirtualBox 5. I cannot seem to get it to record videos. When I enable recording I get the little video icon spinning. However, when I check the view menu it still says "Video Capture" rather than "Recording." Nothing I've been able to do seems to produce a file of any sort.

[socratis]

We need to see a complete VBox.log, from a complete VM run, where the problem occurs:

• Start the VM from cold-boot (not from a paused or saved state) / Observe or recreate the problem / Shutdown the VM (force close it if you have to).
• With the VM completely shut down (not paused or saved), right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager and select "Show Log".
• Save only the first "VBox.log", ZIP it and attach it to your response. See the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form.

[Robert Kuropkat]

Thank-you for looking into this. Log is attached.

[socratis]

Sorry for being late on this...

VirtualBox VM 5.2.18_Ubuntu r123745 linux.amd64 (Mar  8 2019 18:20:35) release log

It looks like you're using the distro's fork version of VirtualBox. You can either ask in their forums/channels for help, or completely remove/uninstall/delete/purge their version and install the official version from the Linux Downloads section of VirtualBox. You can even add VirtualBox as a repository, so you could use your traditional install/upgrade/uninstall tools.

Plus it's old, we're now in 6.0.14...