I have been playing around with gst-launch. GStreamer's v4l2src does indeed by default only provide a very small 160x120 pixel image, even though the native resolution of my camera is higher. It can be convinced to providing a higher resolution image though when providing caps.
gst-launch-0.10 v4l2src ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=640,height=480 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! theoraenc ! oggmux ! filesink location=/home/hunzikea/test.ogg -- Cheese shows very small video size https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs