winXP guest on hardy, usb problem, usb pen ok, webcam ko

[ggiacomoo]

hi folks
i'm a new user (i came from vmware) and i've found vbox great!
but i've a little problem with and usb device , the webcam!
(on vmware webcam worked fine!)

i've an host with ubuntu hardy 8.04 and a guest winXP on vbox 1.60

i've followed instuction and i've activated the usb
uncommented the lines at /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh
edited /etc/udev/rules.d/40-permissions.rules
and /etc/fstab
reading here http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... 1294#21294

the usb pen 2gb works fine
but the webcam (usb) doesn't give images...
i can see it in windows, i install drivers, but finally when i run webcam program the led starts but the images not!



why this? how solve it?
it's incredible... usb pen ok, webcam is found, when i start with the webcam sw the led start, but no images
thanks !

[vasilis34]

Hi I have the same problem with a Chicony usb 2.0 webcam built-in in a Toshiba A200 satellite laptop. The webcam is working on the Ubuntu Hardy host and inside the virtualbox machine with windows xp is correctly recognised, the led is on when trying to use it, but there is no image.

In case u know any workaround please suggest !!!

[ggiacomoo]

up
nobody can help us??

[Sasquatch]

Search the forums for webcam, then you see that there is a problem with it. It gives black video instead of the camera view.

[Half-Borg]

it's normal, no webcam is really working in vbox, mine send one frame per second.
as far as i know nobody found a solution, there's a thread about webcams.. somewhere

[ggiacomoo]

ok thanks

i came from vmware...
i found vbox very more fast and less heavy than vmware
but in vmware webcam worked fine

[ggiacomoo]

i've upgraded to 1.62 (not ose)
but webcam still not work

no news about webcam on guest?

[Sasquatch]

If they fix it, I'm sure they will put it in the changelog. Keep an eye out for it when new versions are released.