Simple logitech webcam, /dev/video0 fatal error

Question

Sorry, I asked again, I couldn't tell if my post went through.

I have a Logitech Quickcam Express with Ubuntu Linux 10.4. I have used the Cheese application and others that connect to /dev/video0 and they all show video. But, when I run motion I get the following error: I have used some of the basic settings from Ubuntu and edited some.

Also, v4l1 and v4l2 tested OK when I ran gstreamer-properties

Error:

[0] Motion 3.2.11 Started
[0] ffmpeg LIBAVCODEC_BUILD 3412993 LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD 3415808
[0] Thread 1 is from /etc/motion/motion.conf
[1] Thread 1 started
[1] cap.driver: "STV06xx"
[1] cap.card: "Camera"
[1] cap.bus_info: "usb-0000:00:10.1-1"
[1] cap.capabilities=0x05000001
[1] - VIDEO_CAPTURE
[1] - READWRITE
[1] - STREAMING
[1] v4l2_select_input: name = "STV06xx", type 0x00000002, status 00000000
[1] - CAMERA
[1] Device doesn't support VIDIOC_G_STD
[1] Supported palettes:
[1] 0: GRBG (GRBG)
[1] Unable to find a compatible palette format.
[1] Using VIDEO_PALETTE_YUV420P palette
[1] Using V4L1
[1] Resizing pre_capture buffer to 1 items
[1] sync error in proc 4413: 
[1] mcapture error in proc 4413: 
[1] Video device fatal error - Closing video device
[1] Closing video device /dev/video0
[0] DEBUG-2 threads_running 1 motion_threads_running 1 , finish 0
[1] vid_return_code 1
[1] vid_return_code 1
[0] DEBUG-2 threads_running 1 motion_threads_running 1 , finish 0
[1] vid_return_code 1
[1] vid_return_code 1
[0] DEBUG-2 threads_running 1 motion_threads_running 1 , finish 0
[1] vid_return_code 1
[1] vid_return_code 1
[0] DEBUG-2 threads_running 1 motion_threads_running 1 , finish 0
[1] vid_return_code 1
...

0] DEBUG-2 threads_running 1 motion_threads_running 1 , finish 0
[1] vid_return_code 1
[1] Retrying until successful connection with camera
[1] cap.driver: "STV06xx"
[1] cap.card: "Camera"
[1] cap.bus_info: "usb-0000:00:10.1-1"
[1] cap.capabilities=0x05000001
[1] - VIDEO_CAPTURE
[1] - READWRITE
[1] - STREAMING
[1] v4l2_select_input: name = "STV06xx", type 0x00000002, status 00000000
[1] - CAMERA
[1] Device doesn't support VIDIOC_G_STD
[1] Supported palettes:
[1] 0: GRBG (GRBG)
[1] Unable to find a compatible palette format.
[1] Using VIDEO_PALETTE_YUV420P palette
[1] Using V4L1
[0] DEBUG-2 threads_running 1 motion_threads_running 1 , finish 0
[1] sync error in proc 4413: 
[1] mcapture error in proc 4413: 
[1] Video device fatal error - Closing video device
[1] Closing video device /dev/video0
[0] DEBUG-2 threads_running 1 motion_threads_running 1 , finish 0
[1] vid_return_code 1
[1] vid_return_code 1
[0] DEBUG-2 threads_running 1 motion_threads_running 1 , finish 0
[1] vid_return_code 1
[1] vid_return_code 1
[0] DEBUG-2 threads_running 1 motion_threads_running 1 , finish 0
[1] vid_return_code 1
[1] vid_return_code 1
[0] DEBUG-2 threads_running 1 motion_threads_running 1 , finish 0
[1] vid_return_code 1
[1] vid_return_code 1
[0] DEBUG-2 threads_running 1 motion_threads_running 1 , finish 0
[1] vid_return_code 1
[1] vid_return_code 1
[0] DEBUG-2 threads_running 1 motion_threads_running 1 , finish 0
[1] vid_return_code 1





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Config:

############################################################
# Daemon
############################################################

# Start in daemon (background) mode and release terminal (default: off)
daemon off

# File to store the process ID, also called pid file. (default: not defined)
process_id_file /var/run/motion/motion.pid

############################################################
# Basic Setup Mode
############################################################

# Start in Setup-Mode, daemon disabled. (default: off)
setup_mode off

###########################################################
# Capture device options
############################################################

# Videodevice to be used for capturing  (default /dev/video0)
# for FreeBSD default is /dev/bktr0
videodevice /dev/video0

# v4l2_palette allows to choose preferable palette to be use by motion
# to capture from those supported by your videodevice. (default: 8)
# E.g. if your videodevice supports both V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR8 and
# V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG then motion will by default use V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG.
# Setting v4l2_palette to 1 forces motion to use V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR8
# instead.
#
# Values :
# V4L2_PIX_FMT_SN9C10X : 0  'S910'
# V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR8  : 1  'BA81'
# V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG   : 2  'MJPEG'
# V4L2_PIX_FMT_JPEG    : 3  'JPEG'
# V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB24   : 4  'RGB3'
# V4L2_PIX_FMT_UYVY    : 5  'UYVY'
# V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV    : 6  'YUYV'
# V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV422P : 7  '422P'
# V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV420  : 8  'YU12'
v4l2_palette 8

# Tuner device to be used for capturing using tuner as source (default /dev/tuner0)
# This is ONLY used for FreeBSD. Leave it commented out for Linux
; tunerdevice /dev/tuner0

# The video input to be used (default: 8)
# Should normally be set to 0 or 1 for video/TV cards, and 8 for USB cameras
input 8

# The video norm to use (only for video capture and TV tuner cards)
# Values: 0 (PAL), 1 (NTSC), 2 (SECAM), 3 (PAL NC no colour). Default: 0 (PAL)
norm 0

# The frequency to set the tuner to (kHz) (only for TV tuner cards) (default: 0)
frequency 0

# Rotate image this number of degrees. The rotation affects all saved images as
# well as mpeg movies. Valid values: 0 (default = no rotation), 90, 180 and 270.
rotate 0

# Image width (pixels). Valid range: Camera dependent, default: 352
width 320

# Image height (pixels). Valid range: Camera dependent, default: 288
height 240
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Environment

Motion version:	3.2.11.1
ffmpeg version:
Libraries:	ffmpeg, mysql, postgresql
Server OS:

-- BerlinBrown - 08 May 2010

Answer

Read this topic, where is explained how to run motion with libv4l to work with unsupported palettes.

 http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/SupportQuestion2009x01x20x183230

-- AngelCarpintero - 15 May 2010