Logitech USB camera doesn't work

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bomberb17
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Logitech USB camera doesn't work

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I'm trying to setup a Logitech C500 webcam to work with ZM. Unfortunately, the camera does not stream at all and I am getting a red circle. The ZM service log show the following error:

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Mar 14 01:07:50 ubnt-srv zmdc[12296]: WAR ['zmc -d /dev/video0' has not stopped at 24/03/14 01:07:50 after 10 seconds. Sending KILL to pid 15199]
Mar 14 01:07:55 ubnt-srv zmc_dvideo0[15305]: ERR [zmc_dvideo0] [Failed to set video standard 1: 25 Inappropriate ioctl for device]
Mar 14 01:07:55 ubnt-srv zmc_dvideo0[15305]: WAR [zmc_dvideo0] [Hue control is not supported]
I am not sure what this error means, from online search I couldn't find anything that solved the problem. There are /dev/video0, /dev/video1 and /dev/media0. Not sure why I have 2 video devices. Here are some more outputs that might be useful:

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$ sudo v4l2-compliance
v4l2-compliance 1.22.1, 64 bits, 64-bit time_t

Compliance test for uvcvideo device /dev/video0:

Driver Info:
        Driver name      : uvcvideo
        Card type        : UVC Camera (046d:0807)
        Bus info         : usb-0000:02:01.0-2
        Driver version   : 5.15.143
        Capabilities     : 0x84a00001
                Video Capture
                Metadata Capture
                Streaming
                Extended Pix Format
                Device Capabilities
        Device Caps      : 0x04200001
                Video Capture
                Streaming
                Extended Pix Format
Media Driver Info:
        Driver name      : uvcvideo
        Model            : UVC Camera (046d:0807)
        Serial           : 4AD5F860
        Bus info         : usb-0000:02:01.0-2
        Media version    : 5.15.143
        Hardware revision: 0x00000009 (9)
        Driver version   : 5.15.143
Interface Info:
        ID               : 0x03000002
        Type             : V4L Video
Entity Info:
        ID               : 0x00000001 (1)
        Name             : UVC Camera (046d:0807)
        Function         : V4L2 I/O
        Flags            : default
        Pad 0x01000007   : 0: Sink
          Link 0x02000022: from remote pad 0x100000a of entity 'Extension 4' (Video Pixel Formatter): Data, Enabled, Immutable

Required ioctls:
        test MC information (see 'Media Driver Info' above): OK
        test VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: OK
        test invalid ioctls: OK

Allow for multiple opens:
        test second /dev/video0 open: OK
        test VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: OK
        test VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY: OK
        test for unlimited opens: OK

Debug ioctls:
        test VIDIOC_DBG_G/S_REGISTER: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS: OK (Not Supported)

Input ioctls:
        test VIDIOC_G/S_TUNER/ENUM_FREQ_BANDS: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G/S_FREQUENCY: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_S_HW_FREQ_SEEK: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_ENUMAUDIO: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G/S/ENUMINPUT: OK
        test VIDIOC_G/S_AUDIO: OK (Not Supported)
        Inputs: 1 Audio Inputs: 0 Tuners: 0

Output ioctls:
        test VIDIOC_G/S_MODULATOR: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G/S_FREQUENCY: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_ENUMAUDOUT: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G/S/ENUMOUTPUT: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G/S_AUDOUT: OK (Not Supported)
        Outputs: 0 Audio Outputs: 0 Modulators: 0

Input/Output configuration ioctls:
        test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_STD: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_DV_TIMINGS: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G/S_EDID: OK (Not Supported)

Control ioctls (Input 0):
        test VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL/QUERYMENU: OK
        test VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL: OK
                fail: v4l2-test-controls.cpp(489): s_ctrl returned an error (13)
        test VIDIOC_G/S_CTRL: FAIL
                fail: v4l2-test-controls.cpp(736): s_ext_ctrls returned an error (13)
        test VIDIOC_G/S/TRY_EXT_CTRLS: FAIL
        test VIDIOC_(UN)SUBSCRIBE_EVENT/DQEVENT: OK
        test VIDIOC_G/S_JPEGCOMP: OK (Not Supported)
        Standard Controls: 15 Private Controls: 0

Format ioctls (Input 0):
        test VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT/FRAMESIZES/FRAMEINTERVALS: OK
        test VIDIOC_G/S_PARM: OK
        test VIDIOC_G_FBUF: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G_FMT: OK
        test VIDIOC_TRY_FMT: OK
                warn: v4l2-test-formats.cpp(1036): Could not set fmt2
        test VIDIOC_S_FMT: OK
        test VIDIOC_G_SLICED_VBI_CAP: OK (Not Supported)
        test Cropping: OK (Not Supported)
        test Composing: OK (Not Supported)
        test Scaling: OK (Not Supported)

Codec ioctls (Input 0):
        test VIDIOC_(TRY_)ENCODER_CMD: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_(TRY_)DECODER_CMD: OK (Not Supported)

Buffer ioctls (Input 0):
        test VIDIOC_REQBUFS/CREATE_BUFS/QUERYBUF: OK
        test VIDIOC_EXPBUF: OK
        test Requests: OK (Not Supported)

Total for uvcvideo device /dev/video0: 46, Succeeded: 44, Failed: 2, Warnings: 1

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$ sudo v4l2-ctl -d 0 --get-standard
VIDIOC_G_STD: failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

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$ sudo v4l2-ctl --list-devices
UVC Camera (046d:0807) (usb-0000:02:01.0-2):
        /dev/video0
        /dev/video1
        /dev/media0
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