Cheese is failing to start WebCam

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Cheese is failing to start WebCam and throws the below error.

eese:15219): cheese-WARNING **: 11:07:46.807: Device '/dev/video11' has no supported format: gstv4l2object.c(3752): gst_v4l2_object_set_format_full (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin18/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src1:
Call to TRY_FMT failed for NV12 @ 5120x3840: Invalid argument

Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Kernel: Linux 5.7.11-surface

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: cheese 3.34.0-1build1
Uname: Linux 5.7.11-surface x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Aug 2 11:03:16 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-07-10 (22 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
MachineType: Microsoft Corporation Surface Pro
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 cheese 3.34.0-1build1
 cheese-common 3.34.0-1build1
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03.24.2020
dmi.bios.vendor: Microsoft Corporation
dmi.bios.version: 235.3192.768
dmi.board.name: Surface Pro
dmi.board.vendor: Microsoft Corporation
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Microsoft Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnMicrosoftCorporation:bvr235.3192.768:bd03.24.2020:svnMicrosoftCorporation:pnSurfacePro:pvr124000000000000000000000D0B09F5C09P38S01E0:rvnMicrosoftCorporation:rnSurfacePro:rvr:cvnMicrosoftCorporation:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.family: Surface
dmi.product.name: Surface Pro
dmi.product.sku: Surface_Pro_1796
dmi.product.version: 124000000000000000000000D:0B:09F:5C:09P:38S:01E:0
dmi.sys.vendor: Microsoft Corporation
lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 045e:09c0 Microsoft Corp. Surface Type Cover
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1286:204c Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. Bluetooth and Wireless LAN Composite Device
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-07-10 (22 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
Package: linux (not installed)
Tags: focal wayland-session
Uname: Linux 5.7.11-surface x86_64
UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True

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