No image with USB 2.0 webcams

Also see http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=21875#21875

Retry with 1.6.0 and try with and without the USB 2.0 option in VBox please.

Replying to sandervl73:

Retry with 1.6.0 and try with and without the USB 2.0 option in VBox please.

Hello, I have the same issue still in VBox v1.6. My camera is a Logitech Ultravision, running on WinXP Pro guest and Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) host. The camera isn't even detected by WindowsXP when only USB 1.1 is enabled. When both the USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 options are enabled, the camera is detected no problem, but once again shows only a blank screen. Also, the microphone does not function.

Quite the same here. Using VirtualBox 1.6.0, host is Ubuntu 8.04, guest ist Windows XP Pro. The computer is Toshiba Tecra S3 laptop.

Camera is Logitech QuickCam? for Notebooks Pro. This device is not recognised by Windows when USB 2.0 option is disabled. Otherwise, the device is recognised and driver can be installed properly. When I use the camera, the activity LED goes on and off properly, but a black rectangle is displayed where the video should appear.

What is the status of this issue? Can anyone at Innotek/Sun reproduce it? If not, the I'd try to gather more information. Is there any freely available tool which I could use to capture USB traffic on the host and/or the guest?

Replying to rahl:

Quite the same here. Using VirtualBox 1.6.0, host is Ubuntu 8.04, guest ist Windows XP Pro. The computer is Toshiba Tecra S3 laptop. Camera is Logitech QuickCam?? for Notebooks Pro. This device is not >recognised by Windows when USB 2.0 option is disabled. Otherwise, >the device is recognised and driver can be installed properly. When >I use the camera, the activity LED goes on and off properly, but a >black rectangle is displayed where the video should appear.

Exactly the same behavior here (but Kubuntu & Dell XPS M1330).

Same for me.

Virtual Box 1.6.0 Host: Mac OS X 10.5.3 on MacBook? Pro Guest: Windows XP Pro SP2. Camera: Logitech Fusion

Drivers are installed correctly. Camera seems working (activity led goes on/off), but no image at all. Just a blank image.

Replying to bornet:

Virtual Box 1.6.0 Host: Mac OS X 10.5.3 on MacBook? Pro Guest: Windows XP Pro SP2. Camera: Logitech Fusion Drivers are installed correctly. Camera seems working (activity led goes on/off), but no image at all. Just a blank image.

I have just try with a Ubuntu Guest. Same problem when trying to access the MacBook? Pro iSight camera: seems working (green light on), but only a black image. :-(

I've the same problem. WindowsXP Host and Debian lenny (6th june 2008) guest. The host is able of only usb 1.1 and the cam isn't working with usb 2.0 on and off.

I've Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 and Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks.

Driver is the qc-usb.

I was able to get it to work for one time, but don't know how. gqcam makes white screen while vlc is complaining about missing audio device.

VMWare Player is working fine.

No image as well with my Zonet ZVC7500 (Sonix chipset) Webcam. Windows xp sp2 host with VB 1.6.2, Windows xp sp2 guest w/ 1.6.2 guest additions. Drivers install fine. Video image is blank (white screen) and when I try to capture says capturing 0 frames and dropping 0 frames. Tried VBox settings usb 1.1 and usb 2.0. Tried reducing frame rate to 10 fps. No joy. Works fine outside of VBox.

I can't get any image as well with Creative Webcam NX Pro.

- Fedora host, VB 1.6.2
- Windows XP sp3 guest with guest additions
- Camera driver from Creative version 1_03_03_0326

Using Ubuntu 8.04 with win xp in a VBOX 1.62 webcams are not working here too: - The build in webcam of my asus 5920g notebook only shows a black image (led goes on). - A USB2 webcam centronic flexcam only shows a black image (led goes on). - An olg logitech webcam works, but only VERY choppy and often hangs for several seconds.

All three webcams work perfectly wheen booting real win xp or win vista.

lsusb output of ID 046d:0991 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam? Pro for Notebooks

I have the same issue as the others. I have a Logitech Quickcam Pro for Notebooks (see attached lsusb output). My host OS is Fedora 9 with kernel 2.6.25.9-76.fc9.i686 and I'm running VirtualBox 1.6.2. I have a Samsung X11 laptop with Intel Core 2 Duo (2.16 GHz) processor and 2GB of RAM.

The guest OS is Windows XP SP3 and I'm giving it 1GB RAM and 30GB hdd. I've downloaded the current latest Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks drivers (qc1150.exe) from the Logitech website. The drivers installed correctly without any problems, as far as I can tell comparing with the native windows installation. But then, when I tried to use the web cam, the led on the cam goes on and off correctly but there isn't any picture. Looks like the program is controlling the web cam but couldn't get any picture. Sometimes the Logitech program even crashes, but when I start it again (no reboot, no plug out/in of the web cam) it works like before (no crash, but no picture or sound). Sound is not working too.

The host OS (Fedora 9) recognizes the webcam with the uvcvideo driver:

usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11
usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (046d:0991)
input: UVC Camera (046d:0991) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/input/input16
ALSA sound/usb/usbaudio.c:2798: 11:3:1: add audio endpoint 0x86
ALSA sound/usb/usbmixer.c:988: [5] FU [Mic Capture Switch] ch = 1, val = 0/1/1
ALSA sound/usb/usbmixer.c:988: [5] FU [Mic Capture Volume] ch = 1, val = 4608/7680/1
usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0991
usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=2
usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 04511BEF
ALSA sound/usb/usbaudio.c:1353: setting usb interface 3:1

It seems to works correctly, I've tried it with Skype 2.0 and Cheese. I couldn't get the microphone working with skype, but this is probably because there isn't any pulseaudio support for skype yet.

Please fix this, as the Linux software for the web cam is not as mature as the windows one, since Logitech doesn't provide any Linux drivers. I hate to reboot to windows just for the web cam.

Thanks

Same problem remains for version 1.6.4

Running on Dell xps 1330 , ubuntu 8.04 host and windows xp guest

Webcam runs fine in ubuntu. Gets detected and installed in virtual win xp with usb2.0 support, but blank screen. Without usb2.0 support webcam doesn't get installed.

DELL XPS m1530 on Arch Linux Host and Windows XP guest OS USB2.o enabled on virtualbox 2.0.2 webcam not detected properly. Works great in arch linux with uvc dtivers

same problem here on virtualbox 2.0.4 on ubuntu 8.04 host running windows xp sp3 guest and also windows 2000 pro guest with a logitech quickcam fusion

I confirm this problem on VirtualBox 2.0.6 also on Ubuntu 8.10. This is an increasingly irritating bug. Please help fix this issue. What debug information do you need from us.

Mine is a Chicony Webcam and works perfectly on Linux. It is also detected as a USB Video device on Windows XP. However when I open it, the device simply shows a blank window with nothing on it. I cannot take pictures also with it. But the Webcam LED glows once the device is opened from "My computer".

lsusb for Chicony webcam

I can confirm this also fails for me on a QuickCam? Pro 4000 HOWEVER, Using QuickCam? 8.x software I do get video and audio working...

The new 10.x software does not work for me and has never worked.

Black screen when i try to access my webcam, it detect and skype even get true name of it and canera lights go on when i try to acess and of when i stop reproduction

Host: windows vista Client: debian

Driver on client: uvcvideo

Camera: Acer Crystal eye camera

I have an Asus 1000H, 2GB RAM, it has a built-in webcam Chicony CNF7129.

Virtualization Software: Virtualbox 2.0.6 Host OS: Ubuntu 8.10 Guest OS: Windows XP SP2 Result: The webcam device simply shows a blank window with nothing on it.

Virtualization Software: Virtualbox 2.0.6 Host OS: Windows XP SP3 Guest OS: Windows XP SP2 Result: The webcam device doesn't work.

Virtualization Software: VMware Server 2.0.0, build 116503 Host OS: Ubuntu 8.10 Guest OS: Windows XP SP2 Result: The webcam device doesn't work.

Note: VMware and Virtualbox seem to have the same bug.

I have an Asus 1000H, 2GB RAM, it has a built-in webcam Chicony CNF7129.

Virtualization Software: Virtualbox 2.0.6. Host OS: Ubuntu 8.10. Guest OS: Windows XP SP2. Result: The webcam device simply shows a blank window with nothing on it.

Virtualization Software: Virtualbox 2.0.6. Host OS: Windows XP SP3. Guest OS: Windows XP SP2. Result: The webcam device doesn't work.

Virtualization Software: VMware Server 2.0.0, build 116503. Host OS: Ubuntu 8.10. Guest OS: Windows XP SP2. Result: The webcam device doesn't work.

I have to mention that the problem is present only with my buit-in webcam Chicony CNF7129.

I tried with other external USB webcams and all of them work without any problem.

Virtualization Software: Virtualbox 2.0.6, Host OS: Ubuntu 8.10, Guest OS: Windows XP SP2.

Note: VMware and Virtualbox seem to have the same bug.

The problem was reported to Asus.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20081203005117750&board_id=20&model=Eee%20PC%201000H/XP&SLanguage=en-us

Replying to teixeiras:

Black screen when i try to access my webcam, it detect and skype even get true name of it and canera lights go on when i try to acess and of when i stop reproduction Host: windows vista Client: debian Driver on client: uvcvideo Camera: Acer Crystal eye camera

Same camera (SuYin? integrated webcam) on Windows XP; on an OpenSUSE 11.0 host.

This post on the board seems to give evidence of an handling issue in VBox..

Same issue here. Host Ubuntu 8.10, Guest Windows XP SP 3. Webcam is working in Ubuntu but black screen in Windows Guest. Light goes on / off on the webcam, and it "appears" to work except no video is displayed from it.

Webcam is a 041e:4063 "Creative VF0410 Live! Cam Video IM Pro"

I, too, see this bug using a Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 in a WinXP guest. The host is running Kubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) alpha-2 (2.6.28-3-generic kernel).

I'm having the same issue using a driver-less webcam (which doesn't work so great in Linux) which can be found here: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2887 VirtualBox identifies this as Sonix Technology Co., Ltd. USB 2.0 Camera [0100] This webcam is.. 0c45:62c0 Sonix USB 2.0 Camera (Acer Aspire 5050 and HP Pavilion DV6000 notebooks) (According to the Linux UVC driver)

Using Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, Sun xVM VirtualBox (v 2.1.0) I have found that accessing the camera through "My Computer" shows a completely black view, while accessing it through an open source webcam application Dorgem yields a complete green view.

same problem, weird solution. I turned ON the camera and turned OFF the monitor. opened it after a few seconds and it works again. :O

xp sp3 a4tech pk-635 vm303

What do you mean, vondanix? "OFF the monitor"? Are you using a monitor that has the webcam built-in or something? They're two different devices entirely, here.

BTW - still having this bug with 2.1.2

Same problem here:

• Host: Debian unstable.
• Guests: Windows XP Professional SP3 & Windows Vista Home
• VirtualBox 2.1.2
• VirtualBox Guest Additions 2.1.2r41885
• Camera: Logitech QuickCam? Pro 9000

The camera works in the host and is detected in both guests, the drivers are correctly installed and updated to the lastest version. Camera's LED is turned on when activated inside the guest and turned off when deactivated, but there isn't image.

I get the same result with or without 3D acceleration enabled in the VM.

lsusb output, Ubuntu 8.10 @ 2.6.24-23-generic guest, Windows Vista 32bit host, Logitech QuickCam? Pro 9000

Added lsusb output (see above). Same problem here with 2.1.2; Camera is detected and LED turns on, but the image is black.

verbose output of guvcview with a QuickCam? Pro 9000 on Ubuntu 8.10 guest

Tried starting VirtualBox as administrator and ... that didn't change anything. I've noticed some "uvcvideo: Failed to resubmit video URB (-45)" entries in the syslog as soon as I tried to access the camera (guvcview, etc.); There is no hint of anything going wrong in VirtualBox' logs itself though.

lsusb -v for quickcam pro 8500 on host Linux Mint Elyssa (2.6.24-22-generic )

Hi ,

useless to say same problem for me except that the display screen is grey...

configuration :
-host : Linux Mint Elyssa kernel 2.6.24-22-generic

-guest : Windows 2000

-virtualbox 2.1.2

-webcam : Logitech Quickcam pro 8500 (see lsusb_quickcampro8500.odt that I attached for the lsusb -v )

I made some test with the console log of virtualbox active at the same time

so here there are some results and the steps to reproduce it :

when windows is started go in virtualbox interfaces Peripheriques > USB device > unselect the webcam (strange already it is named Unknown Peripherique...) in the console log I have :

 00:21:12.781 USB: Successfully reset device '08e1ab38[proxy 046d:08c5]'
00:21:12.916 Audio: set_record_source ars=0 als=0 (not implemented)
00:21:12.976 Audio: set_record_source ars=0 als=0 (not implemented)
00:21:13.028 Audio: set_record_source ars=0 als=0 (not implemented)
00:21:13.075 Audio: set_record_source ars=0 als=0 (not implemented)

then reselect the webcam device :

00:21:34.554 VUSB: attached '08f03bc0[proxy 046d:08c5]' to port 2
00:21:35.468 Audio: set_record_source ars=0 als=0 (not implemented)
00:21:35.544 Audio: set_record_source ars=0 als=0 (not implemented)
00:21:35.610 Audio: set_record_source ars=0 als=0 (not implemented)
00:21:35.700 Audio: set_record_source ars=0 als=0 (not implemented)

launching msn 7.5 going in Tools > configure webcam

it seens that is a Logitech Quickcam pro 8500 but the display still is grey

and in the console log only one line is added :

00:43:19.115 PIT: mode=2 count=0x4ad (1197) - 996.81 Hz (ch=0)

I hope that this details will be helpfull for all of us.

Best Regards and

Good luck to all the team that is working on this issue.

I've seen that, with the latest version of Yahoo Messenger, the video *does* eventually change from a black box to a (somewhat) working cam image. It only seems to start working if I bring up the preferences menus and click around a bit.

Unfortunately, it's very erratic;h the image often freezes and appears to not be refreshed at regular intervals.

The following workaround works for me: disable USB2.0 support for the host: rmmod ehci-hcd

You will be able to use only USB1 devices on the host ... You can "re-enable" USB2.0 by modprobe ehci-hcd ( the camera will not work anymore )

Host: Ubuntu 8.04.2 ( kernel compiled from the source ) Guest: Windows XP

Virtual Box 2.1.2 Guest Additions installed

Logitech QuickCam? Pro

N.B.: You need root/sudo permissions for modprobe/rmmod commands

You will be able to use only USB1 devices on the host ... You can "re-enable" USB2.0 by modprobe ehci-hcd ( the camera will not work anymore ) 

maybe I understand it bad but I would like that my camera still work :-p

Same problem confirmed here. VB - 2.1.2 Host OS - Debian Lenny Hardware - Cisco/Logitech VTC cam Guest OS - XP SP3 with Guest Additions installed

Removing USB 2.0 support isn't an option for me here. I use entirely too many high-speed devices on the host (drives/network adapters, etc) to consider slowing them all down just for this.

A fix would be wonderful as I am trying to get Cisco Unified Video Advantage to work in the guest.

This does not work with VB 2.2.0 beta 2, Any update on the status of this? Alot of us webcam users cannot use it in VirtualBox at all, I have a QuickCam? pro 9000 and the red LED turns on but no USB communication occurs after.

Same problem with Toshiba L350-038 running Ubuntu 8.10 (host), Virtualbox 2.1.4, XP (guest), and a built-in Chicony webcam.

I could not even get the driver to be recognized in XP (guest) until I entered

none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=1000,devmode=664 0 0

into /etc/fstab, and now the camera driver loads (in XP) but no image. After about 20 seconds the driver software crashes. Skype also crashes when a call is attempted - I am not sure if it is related.

It appears to be a problem across the board as far as model, flavour, etc. Does anyone actually have a webcam working with Linux as a host and XP as a guest?

i can also confirm no webcam image on both internal webcam and logitech 9000 pro (new):

lenovo r61 ubuntu ibex fresh xp build on virtualbox 2.1.4

my logietch webcam works ok on ubuntu.

can confirm that webcam has no video or sound on ubuntu ibex on most recent 2.2 release via ubuntu vbox package. is there any estimate as to when this will be fixed. really, this is the last thing i need to turn off my windows xp native box for good. please...

I'm using VirtualBox 2.2.2 on OSX host, and also can't use Webcam.

The guest OS is Windows XP. It can detect webcam and install driver perfectly. But there is no video output from webcam. Please fix, or at least tell us the root cause of the problem.

I can confirm that this bug exists with all the following configurations: - Webcam Microsoft Livecam Show, driver 2.04 - Virtualbox 2.2 and 2.2.2 - Hosts Ubuntu 8.1, 9.04 and Windows XP SP3 - Guest Windows XP SP3 Driver is recognised in guest in all cases but image is just black.

Please let us know if you plan to do anything about this bug or whether we should be using an alternative virtualisation product?

I think that there are enough confirmations of this bug. I have a question: Is there any webcam that works (show image) inside VirtualBox?

It's really annoyed me that the ticket opened 2 years ago, but still didn't assign to anyone.

Tickets are normally assigned not assigned to anyone. The primary USB devices we tested were memory sticks and USB tokens and such stuff.

So, may I assume that VirtualBox does not currently support USB streaming device? With this assumption, users who really want to use USB streaming device will know that they have to use another virtualization software.

Actually the VBox EHCI controller (used for the USB 2.0 emulation) currently does not support isochronous transfers. Older webcams for USB 1.1 should work (we tested some in the past) but I admit that missing EHCI support will make many USB webcams currently unusable with VirtualBox. We are working on adding support for isochronous transfers into one of the next releases.

I get the same thing with an Arch Linux 2.6.29.4 host, XP SP3 guest, and Logitech QuickCam? Pro 9000. Please fix. :)

Replying to frank:

Actually the VBox EHCI controller (used for the USB 2.0 emulation) currently does not support isochronous transfers. Older webcams for USB 1.1 should work (we tested some in the past) but I admit that missing EHCI support will make many USB webcams currently unusable with VirtualBox. We are working on adding support for isochronous transfers into one of the next releases.

Thank you for finally declaring this to be a Bug or a missing capability. I will stop trying to install the driver. Can you give any idea when EHCI support will be available. I have just upgraded to ver 2.2.4 r 47978 and the problems with iSight are not changed. thank you steve

No ETA for having the missing isochronous support for EHCI known but work is in progress.

Actually 3.0.0 (released two days ago) has some improvement for isochronous USB transfer but we expect still problems. Feedback is welcome.