On Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 07:08:21AM -0300, Crystal Kolipe wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 08:51:36AM +0000, Comte wrote:
> > The webcam seems well detected but no image is displayed...
> 
> What happens if you run /usr/X11R6/bin/video instead of using ffmpeg?
> 
> > # dmesg | grep "uvideo"
>             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Please post a full dmesg next time.
> 
> > uvideo0 at uhub1 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0 "Chicony Electronics 
> > Co.,Ltd. Integrated Camera" rev 2.01/54.20 addr 3
> > video0 at uvideo0
> > uvideo1 at uhub1 port 4 configuration 1 interface 2 "Chicony Electronics 
> > Co.,Ltd. Integrated Camera" rev 2.01/54.20 addr 3
> > video1 at uvideo1
> 
> However, this camera should almost certainly just work anyway.
> 
> > $ ffplay -f v4l2 -input_format mjpeg -video_size 1280x720 -i /dev/video0
>                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Why?

Looks like Comte followed the console instructions at [1] to the letter.
It seems to me that jumping right to ffplay recording isn't the best
way for you to check the camera is working. Simplest way to test seems
to me:

$ video -f /dev/video0

And then you should see a window with the video stream...

[1] https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html#webcam

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