Hello,
I have the same problems as Peter. These camera resolution problems are present
online and on "cheese". Here are the test results:
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~$ v4l2-ctl -D --list-formats-ext
Driver Info:
Driver name : uvcvideo
Card type : Video Capture 6
Bus info : usb-0000:00:14.0-6
Driver version : 5.13.19
Capabilities : 0x84a00001
Video Capture
Metadata Capture
Streaming
Extended Pix Format
Device Capabilities
Device Caps : 0x04200001
Video Capture
Streaming
Extended Pix Format
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
Type: Video Capture
[0]: 'MJPG' (Motion-JPEG, compressed)
Size: Discrete 1280x720
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 960x540
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 848x480
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 640x480
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 640x360
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
[1]: 'YUYV' (YUYV 4:2:2)
Size: Discrete 640x480
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 1280x720
Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 640x360
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 424x240
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 320x240
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 320x180
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
Size: Discrete 160x120
Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
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You can find an attachment of Webcamtests.
Do you have any solutions?
Thanks!
** Attachment added: "Test https://webcamtests.com/";
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-signed-oem-5.10/+bug/1945927/+attachment/5567389/+files/Capture%20d%E2%80%99%C3%A9cran%20de%202022-03-09%2015-26-57.png
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Title:
Terrible resolution on integrated webcam on Dell XPS 13 Developer
Edition 9310
Status in linux-signed-oem-5.10 package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
This seems to be a known issue, but I couldn't find any launchpad bug
corresponding to it. Apologies if I missed it, or if there is a better
place for reporting a bug like this.
When I try to use the webcam on my newly purchased Dell XPS-13-9310
Developer Edition, using Cheese (or any other app) on Ubuntu 20.04.2
LTS (fossa-bulbasaur X55), as it came out of the box, I only get a
very pixelated low quality 640x480 resolution instead of the
hardware's 1280×720 capability as advertised here:
https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-
notebooks/xps-13-developer-edition/spd/xps-13-9310-laptop
From what I gather, no linux driver exist that can use the full
resolution of this webcam.
I hope that it is somehow possible to get a proper driver from Dell /
Realtek. If not, I hope that Realtek can provide documentation for the
interface so that a proper driver can be written. I'm tempted to try
to make that my first contribution of a driver, but in all likelihood
I won't have the time or motivation to learn all that's needed and
actually write it.
Until a driver is available, I would appreciate if Dell would clarify
on their website that their 9310 Developer Edition can only use the
full advertised resolution in Windows. (I would not have bought this
laptop if I had known about this limitation, as I frequently use
Google Meet / Zoom and the current quality is not acceptable to me).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-image-5.10.0-1045-oem 5.10.0-1045.47
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.10.0-1045.47-oem 5.10.46
Uname: Linux 5.10.0-1045-oem x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.20
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Oct 3 15:40:31 2021
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
# This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs
# For more information see
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
canonical-oem-somerville-focal-amd64-20200502-85
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-09-22 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary
20200502-05:58
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-signed-oem-5.10
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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