bluerobotics / bluerobotics/BlueOS

bug: USB camera on /dev/video0 has no H264

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Description

USB H264 camera shows a live preview on `/dev/video0` but encoding is only MJPG/YUYV, so Cockpit never gets a WebRTC stream. Same camera on `/dev/video2` has H264 and WebRTC works.

Reported on Blue Robotics Slack.

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Research direction

Compare the USB camera capabilities exposed on /dev/video0 and /dev/video2, using the reported MJPG/YUYV versus H264 formats as the starting point. Trace how Cockpit selects the camera format for its WebRTC stream. Done means /dev/video0 provides an H264-backed WebRTC stream like /dev/video2.

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Assessment

Domain
audio-video-rtc
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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