skype video issue

[VOLKOV9]

Skype audio works fine. When I try to video connect, they can see me, but I just get a jumbled mess of mostly white with a few random pink lines. When I try the video test, I hit the "Test" button, and the little black test video screen remains, but the "Test" button itself disappears, becoming a small transparent rectangle (so I see my desktop or firefox or whatever is immediately behind the Options window). Any guesses on how to fix it?

If this is covered by some other thread, forgive me and please point me to it, but all the threads I can find have other problems with Skype video.

I'm running 8.04 64-bit, btw, and updating to the latest version of Skype had no impact on the problem.

I do recall the video test working fine when I first got Skype back in... June I think... but I don't recall what I've changed since then.

Thanks!

[VOLKOV9]

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[Conu]

Dont know if this is your problem sounds a bit like it

http://www.cairo-dock.org/bg_topic.php?t=2156&pos=0

[gradinaruvasile]

Go here:

http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=411441

Find my post there. It might fix ur problem. Correct the path of the library, its different on 64 bit systems i guess. Also u might need some packages to install.

I think the command for 64 bit is:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype.real

Just copy-pase it in a terminal.

[VOLKOV9]

Thanks, grad; this looks promising. However, "locate" finds no "compat.so" file, and no "libv4l" directory. Synaptic only gets one hit for "libv4l", and it's an extension library for something called "ruby". searching for "v4l" and "video4linux" get more hits, but all similar things - plugins and extensions for other things to work with v4l, not v4l itself. One difference is your post says you're running 9.04, and I'm on 8.04 (because 9.04 apparently hates my hard drive). Any thoughts on why I can't find v4l?

Wikipedia says that v4l is closely tied to the linux kernel, and has been around since much earlier versions of the kernel than mine... and my flash works, so I imagine I have it in some sense, but I can't find it.

[VOLKOV9]

So, at <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7987358>, hardy is not listed. so to what library do you think I should point? Or maybe this hints that it's a different issue, since I installed the hardy version of Skype.

[mcscratch]

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[tudor117]

This is what I did to get it work:
From synaptic install lib32v4l-0
If you installed from skype's website (the new beta) there will be no skype.real but only a skype executable. You need to rename it to skype.real
If you already have a skype.real don't worry about it.
Next, change/create the file skype to

#!/bin/bash
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype.real

Make it executable.
Run skype from terminal. Test webcam.

EDIT: Just realized there's no lib32v4l package in hardy. Sorry, maybe you could try intrepid's package? Actually I doubt you can because it depends on some newer packages. It's worth a try at least.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=lib32v4l-0
On the other hand you could try building it.

[oscarmeyer51]

Additional solution (not related to cairo or QT?).

For 32-bit Karmic Koala, I found this thread & solution. I have included the preload for the /usr/lib and the /usr/lib32. For me the former works and I assume the latter works for 64 bit (as skype runs in 32 bit).

Thread: http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=411441

ig-88 posted the lib32 solution (Part 1) and Part 2 was posted by the_wOndErEr57 and gradinaruvasile (yes, I had to see my solution twice before I realized that lib32 and lib were not the same...<grin>).

Solution:

Part 1 posted was:

i use a "046d:08d9 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam IM/Connect" on ubuntu 9.04 amd64. the webcam just shows garbage while testing and simply shows nothing in calls.

a workaround is to move /usr/bin/skype to /usr/bin/skype.real
install lib32v4l-0 via apt-get and create a new /usr/bin/skype with the following content:
CODE
#!/bin/bash
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype.real
#################

Part 2 Posted was:

QUOTE (gradinaruvasile @ Fri Aug 28 2009, 17:15)
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I have a
0ac8:305b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0305 WebCam

on Ubuntu 9.04 and it is working only with the ld_preload thingie mentioned before.
BUT the path is incorrect (maybe a distro thing?) the correct command is this one:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

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In summary,
1. sudo mv the /usr/bin/skype binary to /usr/bin/skype.real
2. sudo gedit /usr/bin/skype
(or your favorite text editor instead of gedit)
3. copy & past into the editor the following

#!/bin/bash
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype.real

4. enter "sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/skype" without quotes to make the script file executable
5. start skype via the menu and test the video

[pickarooney]

install lib32v4l-0 via apt-get

What repository is this in (for Jaunty)?