DVI2USB on ubuntu 18.02: VLC cannot access device

I would like to run DVI2USB 3.0 using linux (ubuntu 18.04). So I have downloaded the linux driver from epiphan’s website, installed it, and signed it as described in https://blog.ubuntu.com/2017/08/11/how-to-sign-things-for-secure-boot. The driver loads, the LED of the DVI2USB goes from red to blinking blue, and a new device video1 is added.

Using it with VLC to capture and display the video does however not work. I get the following error messages:
VLC is unable to open the MRL ‘v4l2:///dev/video1’. Check the log for details.

Enabling VLC’s logging function gives me this log::
v4l2 debug: video input VGA (0) is camera
v4l2 debug: selected input 0
v4l2 debug: no video standard selection
v4l2 debug: no tuning required (analog baseband input)
v4l2 debug: no audio input available
v4l2 debug: supports raw format RGB3 (RV24): 24-bit RGB 8-8-8
v4l2 debug: supports raw format BGR3 (RV24): 24-bit BGR 8-8-8
v4l2 debug: supports raw format RGB4 (RV32): 32-bit A/XRGB 8-8-8-8
v4l2 debug: supports raw format RGBP (RV16): 16-bit RGB 5-6-5
v4l2 debug: supports raw format UYVY (UYVY): UYVY 4:2:2
v4l2 debug: supports raw format YUYV (YUY2): YUYV 4:2:2
v4l2 debug: supports raw format Y41P (N.A.): YUV 4:1:1 (Packed)
v4l2 debug: supports raw format YV12 (YV12): Planar YVU 4:2:0
v4l2 debug: supports raw format NV12 (NV12): Y/CbCr 4:2:0
v4l2 debug: selected format YV12 (YV12)
v4l2 error: cannot get default format: No medium found
v4l2 debug: opening device ‘/dev/video1’
v4l2 warning: cannot initialize user-space library: No medium found
v4l2 debug: device DVI2USB 3.0 #D2S315981 using driver DVI2USB3 (version 3.30.7) on usb-0000:00:14.0-3
v4l2 debug: with capabilities 0x05200001 (overall 0x85200001)
v4l2 error: not a radio tuner device
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access: v4l2:///dev/video1
main debug: (path: /dev/video1)
main debug: looking for access module matching “v4l2”: 27 candidates
v4l2 debug: opening device ‘/dev/video1’
v4l2 warning: cannot initialize user-space library: No medium found
v4l2 debug: device DVI2USB 3.0 #D2S315981 using driver DVI2USB3 (version 3.30.7) on usb-0000:00:14.0-3
v4l2 debug: with capabilities 0x05200001 (overall 0x85200001)
v4l2 debug: video input VGA (0) is camera
v4l2 debug: selected input 0
v4l2 debug: no video standard selection
v4l2 debug: no tuning required (analog baseband input)
v4l2 debug: no audio input available
v4l2 error: cannot get default format: No medium found
main debug: no access modules matched
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play

Would you be able to help?

Thanks
Tilman

In ubuntu app store, search for vlc, make sure you install the stable version of vlc which has the most likes. After installation is complete, there will be three buttons, one says permission, click it and you will see that by default the permissions are disabled. Enable it and run the vlc again. Now it will work.

I have exactly the same problem. But which permissions are we talking about. I use another ubuntu flavor so I don’t see those three buttons…

Gr,

michiel