QA/TestPlans/Camera

=Basic Functionality=

Status: Partially TESTED (Preview Release) Issues with Cheese need to be resolved.

The definition of basic functionality is that the camera hardware is detected/installed appropriately, the laptop microphone/camera in-use indicators, and Cheese works as expected.

XO Hardware

 * Does XO Camera work? | Passed (Preview Release) |
 * Does microphone/camera in-use indicators work? | Passed (Preview Release) |

=Applications=

Status: Partially TESTED (Preview Release)

Are there other applications to test that use the camera?

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Programming_the_camera


 * Initial testing of video capabilities with gst-launch worked using: gst-launch v4l2src ! xvimagesink

Cheese

 * Can XO capture pictures? | PASSED (Preview Release) but 468101 makes it difficult to use |
 * Can XO capture video? | UNABLE TO TEST (Preview Release) see 468101 for details |
 * Also See | 470342 Bkearney
 * Does Cheese's visual effects work? | PASSED (Preview Release) but 468101 makes it difficult to use |
 * XO might not have enough CPU for Cheese effects | [jkatz]

Facebook (Adobe Flash)

 * Can Adobe Flash Access Camera and Take Photot | Bug 469497 | 
 * Will test with free flash alternatives

Steps

 * Install Adobe Flash Player from Adobe
 * Log into Facebook
 * Navigate to "Take a Picture"
 * Grant Flash access to the webcam (can not interact with security settings pop-up)
 * See it work. (preview window shows but not at the correct size and does not work)

Adobe Flash (General)

 * Camera works fine with V4L2 driver (F10 Release) | vgrinco at redhat dot com

Ekiga

 * Can XO capture video? | FAILED (Preview Release) Works locally but remote ekiga seg faults 469132 |
 * PASSED (Preview Release) with new build of ekiga |
 * Does XO mic work? | UNABLE TO TEST (Preview Release) ekiga seg faults 469132 |
 * PASSED (Preview Release) with new build of ekiga |

VLC

 * Camera works fine (V4L2 driver) | vgrinco at redhat dot com

= Camera Performance =

Status: NOT TESTED

How well does the camera perform under certain situations? Under heavy load is there performance issues?


 * Does the XO save the resultant files alright? | NOT TESTED |

NOTES: For a sample test plan format, please see QA/TestPlans/Audio