Webcam garbled until I run pkill mjpg_streamer and restart octoprint

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Camera model

Logitech c270

What is the problem?

Webcam view is garbled

What did you already try to solve it?

SSH'd in and run sudo pkill mjpg_streamer and restart octoprint. Image is then crystal clear. Per Foosels posts on other forums there's a wrapper/command in the octopi image that starts another instance of mjpg streamer. (I think - I'm not well versed in this). Is there anyway to stopping mjpg streamer from starting a second instance via Octopi. Or in the alternative: to have the pi automatically run pkill mjpg_streamer immediately prior to Octoprint starting?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Logs (/var/log/webcamd.log, syslog, dmesg, ... no logs, no support)

Additional information about your setup (OctoPrint version, OctoPi version, ...)
Octoprint 1.8.1
Octopi 0.18.0
Python 3.7.3
Rasberry Pi 3b+ connected via ethernet to lan
Chrome browser

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OctoPrint doesn't control the webcam streaming, so it starting up has nothing to do with the problem. There's never a 2nd instance of mjpg streamer either, since only one can access the webcam at any given time, the scripts I think you are referring to are managing mjpg streamer, so when you kill it the script will automatically start it again.