Bug 433381

Summary: no webcam support in Falcon
Product: [Applications] Falkon Reporter: Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) <estellnb>
Component: generalAssignee: David Rosca <nowrep>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: normal CC: nicolas.fella
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 3.1.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Mageia RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2021-02-21 12:03:46 UTC 
I have visited https://de.webcamtests.com/ but my webcam is not recognized. The webcam works with Guvcview and VLC. With Cheese (uses GStreamer) it works if you specify GST_V4L2_USE_LIBV4L2=1 (default under OpenSUSE).

> lsusb
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 093a:2600 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Typhoon Easycam USB 330K (newer)/Typhoon Easycam USB 2.0 VGA 1.3M/Sansun SN-508

using lib64qt5core5-5.15.2-4.mga8, 5.10.16-desktop-1.mga8, falkon-core = 3.1.0-6.mga8
Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2021-02-21 12:10:46 UTC 
My camera works fine with Falkon and that site, so Falkon does have webcam support in principle
Comment 2 Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2021-02-21 12:16:30 UTC 
The question is what backend Falcon uses for webcam support. I have an old USB webcam which f.i. isn´t supported by the Chromium browser either. Otherwise the webcam seems to be supported well under Linux.
Comment 3 Nicolas Fella 2021-02-21 12:18:39 UTC 
Falkon uses Chromium internally, so if it doesn't work there it won't work in Falkon either. There's nothing Falkon can do then
Comment 4 Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2021-02-21 12:22:36 UTC 
Is Falkon just a re-brand of Chromium? I shought it would have its own web rendering engine based on KHTML?
Comment 5 Nicolas Fella 2021-02-21 12:24:48 UTC 
Falkon is based on QtWebEngine, which is based on Chromium. It has its own UI, but the web stuff is all handled by Chromium
Comment 6 Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2021-02-21 12:59:37 UTC 
Thx for the info. I have now posted a report at https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/180810230 .