Comment 37 for bug 1373221

Well, the kernel issue is now defintily fixed, so it shouldn't be a
problem in the future, libv4l2 can now be disabled, so we can
workaround any issues with it.
As for libavcodec, they don't offer any garanties on the API, so it
usually causes some breakdowns from time to time, but this is true for
all aplications.
I actually tend to fix things rather quickly, unfurtunately in the
case of Ubuntu they can take some time to upgrade, so you are left
with a non working version until the next release. For debian it's
easier since it's a rolling realease, I just contact the mantainer and
he upgrades to the current (fixed) version.

In the case of ubuntu, the only option is to use one of my ppa's for
14.10, the current testing version is now working fine, I've fixed all
issues with both libavcodec and uvcvideo, so I'll release the new
version both in sourceforge and in my stable ppa.

Regards,
Paulo

2014-10-01 20:02 GMT+01:00 Alberto Salvia Novella <email address hidden>:
> Paulo Assis:
>> 1.7.3 won't work with kernels >=3.16, you will need a newer version,
>> uvcvideo suffered a regression that will only be fixed (hopefully) in
>> 3.18, the developer already posted a patch to fix it.
>> I'll make a new release (2.0.1) in the next couple of days with a
>> workaround for this. you will need this version to get guvcview up and
>> running with uvcvideo devices.
>>
>> Note: libv4l2 (1.4.0 and 1.5.0) is also broken, a fix is expected in
>> 1.6.0, but you will be able to disable its use in guvcview in this
>> version.
>
> What are you plans to guvcview not to be affected by these breakdowns in
> future?
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