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<p>Hi</p>
<p>One post suggests the zvbi plugin to VLC is required</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://medium.com/@petehouston/use-vlc-to-play-camera-with-different-formats-17cf839b72d0">https://medium.com/@petehouston/use-vlc-to-play-camera-with-different-formats-17cf839b72d0</a></p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.castoriscausa.com/posts/2020/04/06/microscope-vlc-linux/#:~:text=Note%2C%20the%20V4L2%20module%20in%20VLC%20requires,may%20need%20also%20to%20install%20this%20library">https://www.castoriscausa.com/posts/2020/04/06/microscope-vlc-linux/#:~:text=Note%2C%20the%20V4L2%20module%20in%20VLC%20requires,may%20need%20also%20to%20install%20this%20library</a>.</p>
<p> sudo apt install vlc-plugin-zvbi if you are on a Debian distro</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/09/2025 14:47, Robin Gilks wrote:<br>
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<div>My microscope uses a generic UVC camera that has a few
issues with Linux drivers</div>
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<div>At startup I get</div>
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style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">UVC
non compliance - GET_DEF(PROBE) not supported. Enabling
workaround.</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">but when I try
to talk to it with vlc I get</span></div>
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style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">v4l2
stream error: cannot set format: Input/output error</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I've tried
loading the driver with a variety of quirks but no luck but
then I happened upon the v4l2 test program that talks to it
OK!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Does anyone know
how I can stream through v4l2 somehow to allow access with
firefox/chrome etc during a Google meet session?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Many thanks</span></div>
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