#12053 closed defect (duplicate)
USB 2.0 Webcam displays a black screen
| Reported by: | MRosile | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | USB | Version: | VirtualBox 4.2.16 |
| Keywords: | usb webcam black image | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Mac OS X |
Description
Seems a lot of people are reporting the same issue with many different types of host, guest and hardware configurations. When attaching a USB 2.0 Webcam to a Windows 7 guest OS, I get a black screen (no image) from the webcam.
Host: Mac OSX 10.8.4 Guest: Windows 7 SP1 32-bit (Windows 7 default settings provided by VirtualBox, 1 CPU) VirtualBox: 4.2.16 /w the corresponding expansion pack and guest additions.
Verified USB 2.0 enabled on guest
All other USB device types appear working (mouse, storage, smart phone)
Change History (3)
comment:2 by , 11 years ago
| Component: | guest additions → USB |
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| Resolution: | → duplicate |
| Status: | new → closed |
This is a duplicate of https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/242
VirtualBox 4.3 implements an experimental webcam passthrough: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#idp57489856
It should solve the problem with host webcams in the guest. It works on Mac OS X 10.8 too.
comment:3 by , 10 years ago
Sunlover, this issue has been happening to me because of the webcam passthrough. It did not do so prior to that.
I too have this Issue. Black webcam feed, no picture. Win 7 Host, Lubuntu 12.04 Guest. Guest additions installed. Webcam is Logitech c910
Please Oracle this is a long outstanding problem with many people interested in a fix. If you need any logs please request.