On Thu Jun 13 15:45:55 2024 Walter wrote:
> Hello Thomas,
>
> On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:27:30 -0400 Thomas Frohwein wrote
> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 01:45:44PM +0200, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > > 
> > > I followed the instructions in OpenBSD media FAQ but I coudn't make my
> > > webcam work neither on chromium nor on ungoogled-chromium.  It works
> > > fine on Firefox.  Does anyone know any trick to make it work?
> > > 
> >
> > I'm not sure how to help with that if you're not sharing anything about
> > your hardware.
>
> At first I did not associate the issue with a hardware problem because I
> found several users complaining about this same thing with different
> machines and operating systems.  Some provided a solutions, but none of
> them worked for me.  Besides, the webcam works with the command
> video(1), ffmpeg and Firefox.  And, the webcam is recognized by
> chromium, it just shows a black screen.  Is that chromium could have
> problems with my specific video card?
>
> In any case, below you have the info you asked me.
>

It seems you were right.  It was a hardware issue, chromium have some
problem with the integrated webcam in my thinkpad.  I borrowed a
logitech external webcam to my wife, pluged in and this webcam works
with chromium.

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