08-13-2020, 05:47 PM
Looking at the issue report from the OP, it appears they just updated to add camera support about 10 hours ago as of this writing, though they forgot a crucial part of the image. (i.e. the v4l-utils package that contains the media-ctl binary)
However, until they update the image, you can manually install it using apt in the terminal. (Also be sure to update to the latest development image just in case. Version 140 as of this writing.) I can confirm that camera does indeed work after doing this, although there are still a few issues to note:
1. Switching to the front camera doesn't appear to work yet
2. Camera preview is extremely slow and choppy
3. The picture is reversed
There should be a media-ctl command that lets us fix the 3rd issue, but I don't know enough about it to do so.
Also, for newbies, the commands to install v4l-utils are as follows:
sudo mount -o remount,rw /
sudo apt update
sudo apt install v4l-utils
You may need to reboot after this, but I'm not sure. I rebooted just in case.
However, until they update the image, you can manually install it using apt in the terminal. (Also be sure to update to the latest development image just in case. Version 140 as of this writing.) I can confirm that camera does indeed work after doing this, although there are still a few issues to note:
1. Switching to the front camera doesn't appear to work yet
2. Camera preview is extremely slow and choppy
3. The picture is reversed
There should be a media-ctl command that lets us fix the 3rd issue, but I don't know enough about it to do so.
Also, for newbies, the commands to install v4l-utils are as follows:
sudo mount -o remount,rw /
sudo apt update
sudo apt install v4l-utils
You may need to reboot after this, but I'm not sure. I rebooted just in case.
