Here's my solution posted on bug #981803;
This is how I fixed my poor FPS in cheese, on Ubuntu 12.04;
1) sudo apt-get install guvcview;
2) Under image controls look for the drop-down menu item "Exposure,
Auto" and select "Manual Mode";
"TAB" select the next option!!!
3) You should "TAB" select to the slider bar beneath "Exposure, Auto"
labeled "Exposure (Absolute) - use your right arrow key to bump up the
selection. Mine was set to "156" so I knocked it up to "157" then down
to "155", and back again to "156". Now my exposure it fine, and I get a
solid 30fps at 1280x720.
I'm not sure how or why this works, but it seems the exposure it set way
too high or something.
Anyway, just quit out of guvcview and launch cheese. Everything should
be working now. Or at least it did for me.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385344
Title:
Netbooks- Cheese video recording is laggy at higher video resolutions
Status in Cheese Camera Application:
Fix Released
Status in OEM Priority Project:
Invalid
Status in “cheese” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Build Version/Date: unr-jaunty 20090609
Environment used for testing: Dell Inspiron Mini 1011
Summary:
When recording a video with cheese, the resulting video is extremely choppy,
to the point where it drops more frames than it captures.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install OS from USB
2. Go through config
3. Open cheese, record a video
4. Notice very laggy video
Expected result:
Video is watchable
Actual result:
Video unwatchable
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