# Capture cam fail / Video library issue
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/capture-cam-fail-video-library-issue/26506
**Category:** Libraries
**Created:** [December 25, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/capture-cam-fail-video-library-issue/26506 "2020-12-25T04:13:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@sprotz9](https://discourse.processing.org/u/sprotz9)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/capture-cam-fail-video-library-issue/26506/1 "2020-12-25T04:13:45Z")
live camera capture works maybe 1 out of every 20 times i click to run the sketch (see simple example code below). otherwise, the feed freezes on a gray screen with spinning wheel and the following error message in the console:
Could not find any devices
Processing video library using GStreamer 1.16.2
IllegalStateException: Could not find any devices
IllegalStateException: Could not find any devices
IllegalStateException: Could not find any devices
IllegalStateException: Could not find any devices
processing 3.5.4 x64
windows 10 x64
camera works fine in other apps (e.g. Camera, Zoom), drivers are updated
```auto
import processing.video.*;
Capture cam;
void setup() {
size(640, 480);
cam = new Capture(this, 640, 480);
cam.start();
}
void draw() {
if (cam.available()) {
cam.read();
}
image(cam, 0, 0);
}
```
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### Author:  [@peripecio](https://discourse.processing.org/u/peripecio)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2021, 11:07am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/capture-cam-fail-video-library-issue/26506/2 "2021-04-20T11:07:37Z")
The same problem happens to me.
When I try to run some Capture examples these messages appear in the console:
Processing video library using GStreamer 1.16.2
There are no cameras available for capture.
WARNING: no real random source present!
Windows 10
Processing 3.5.4
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### Author:  [@neilcsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/u/neilcsmith)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/capture-cam-fail-video-library-issue/26506/3 "2021-04-20T11:27:04Z")
Try [Processing can't find the camera - Video Libraries don't work - #13 by neilcsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-cant-find-the-camera-video-libraries-dont-work/25128/13)
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### Author:  [@peripecio](https://discourse.processing.org/u/peripecio)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/capture-cam-fail-video-library-issue/26506/4 "2021-04-20T17:14:44Z")
Hi neilcsmith:
That magic works for me!
cam = new Capture(this, “pipeline:autovideosrc”);
Thanks a lot.
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### Author:  [@GWAK](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GWAK)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/capture-cam-fail-video-library-issue/26506/5 "2023-04-17T00:55:33Z")
@neilcsmith @peripecio
thank you It was helpful.
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### Author:  [@GWAK](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GWAK)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/capture-cam-fail-video-library-issue/26506/6 "2023-04-17T01:04:36Z")
@neilcsmith @peripecio
1. It works well through ‘Processing Tool’.
2. However, ‘application export’ (ex. exe file) / does not work.
Any reason?
> surface.setTitle(“3”);
> int tries = 0; int limit = 3;
> while(tries \< limit){
> try {
> surface.setTitle(“4-1”);
> delay(100); cam = new Capture(this, “pipeline:autovideosrc”); delay(100);
> delay(100); cam.start();
>
> ```
> } catch(Exception e){
> tries++;
> e.printStackTrace();
> continue;
> }
> surface.setTitle("4-"+str(tries+1));
> break;
>
> ```
>
> }
why
If I export it as an exe, will it not work?
cam = new Capture(this, “pipeline:autovideosrc”);
It freezes when I use the ‘Capture’ function above.
1. Execute with ‘processing tool’: It works well.
2. Execute with ‘exe, export’: Does not work.
Do you know why? help.
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### Author:  [@neilcsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/u/neilcsmith)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/capture-cam-fail-video-library-issue/26506/7 "2023-04-17T08:07:11Z")
> [@GWAK](#):
>
> why
> If I export it as an exe, will it not work?
>
> cam = new Capture(this, “pipeline:autovideosrc”);
> It freezes when I use the ‘Capture’ function above.
>
> 1. Execute with ‘processing tool’: It works well.
> 2. Execute with ‘exe, export’: Does not work.
>
> Do you know why? help.
See this answer - [Exporting Sketch With Movie Is Blank - #5 by neilcsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exporting-sketch-with-movie-is-blank/27983/5)
You need to move the GStreamer library around in the exported application as the Video library is looking in the wrong location due to a bug in Processing.
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### Author:  [@GWAK](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GWAK)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/capture-cam-fail-video-library-issue/26506/8 "2023-04-18T02:55:19Z")
@neilcsmith
thank you. ~ ^^