cheese issues

[RogueHart]

every now and then it crashes with this as the console output. i know not everything needs root but it has issues.

groguehart@Ubuntu:~$ gksudo cheese

(gnome-video-thumbnailer:11024): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_event_new_new_segment_full: assertion `start != -1' failed
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SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSThe program 'cheese' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'.
  (Details: serial 712 error_code 3 request_code 3 minor_code 0)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
gnome-video-thumbnailer couldn't process file: 'file:///root/.gnome2/cheese/media/0002.ogg'
Reason: Took too much time to process.
roguehart@Ubuntu:~$

edit

well now i can get it save the video but its in super slow motion when replayed. can anyone suggest a software that exports .avi files instead of .ogg?