I am trying to use a Sony A6000 camera as a webcam to stream videos on a Linux computer. By running gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download, I am able to take a photo on the camera a few times. However, afterwards, when I try to take another picture or take a video, the camera throws a PTP timeout error and is not able to take pictures nor videos (after 3-4 photos). My gphoto2 version is the most recent as I saw on another issue that a similar problem has been fixed in the most recent version, but it doesn't seem like it for me.Thank you in advance!
Name the camera
Model Port
Sony Alpha-A6000 (Control) usb:001,018
libgphoto2 and gphoto2 version
gphoto2 2.5.28
Copyright (c) 2000-2021 Marcus Meissner and others
gphoto2 comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may
redistribute copies of gphoto2 under the terms of the GNU General Public
License. For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
This version of gphoto2 is using the following software versions and options:
gphoto2 2.5.28 gcc, popt(m), exif, no cdk, no aa, jpeg, no readline
libgphoto2 2.5.31 standard camlibs (SKIPPING docupen lumix), gcc, no ltdl, EXIF
libgphoto2_port 0.12.2 iolibs: disk ptpip serial usb1 usbdiskdirect usbscsi, gcc, no ltdl, EXIF, USB, serial without locking
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
gphoto2 --stdout --capture-movie --debug --debug-logfile=debug_video.log | ffmpeg -i - -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/video0 (video)
gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download (photo)
Describe the bug
I am trying to use a Sony A6000 camera as a webcam to stream videos on a Linux computer. By running gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download, I am able to take a photo on the camera a few times. However, afterwards, when I try to take another picture or take a video, the camera throws a PTP timeout error and is not able to take pictures nor videos (after 3-4 photos). My gphoto2 version is the most recent as I saw on another issue that a similar problem has been fixed in the most recent version, but it doesn't seem like it for me.Thank you in advance!
Name the camera Model Port
Sony Alpha-A6000 (Control) usb:001,018
libgphoto2 and gphoto2 version gphoto2 2.5.28
Copyright (c) 2000-2021 Marcus Meissner and others
gphoto2 comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute copies of gphoto2 under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
This version of gphoto2 is using the following software versions and options: gphoto2 2.5.28 gcc, popt(m), exif, no cdk, no aa, jpeg, no readline libgphoto2 2.5.31 standard camlibs (SKIPPING docupen lumix), gcc, no ltdl, EXIF libgphoto2_port 0.12.2 iolibs: disk ptpip serial usb1 usbdiskdirect usbscsi, gcc, no ltdl, EXIF, USB, serial without locking
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior: gphoto2 --stdout --capture-movie --debug --debug-logfile=debug_video.log | ffmpeg -i - -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/video0 (video) gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download (photo)
The corresponding debug logs are attached in debug_photo.log and debug_video.log. debug_photo.log debug_video.log