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    webcam wont work in skype

    i cannot get my webcam to work with skype in ubuntu.
    conversation works great (both mic and speakers) and i can see my friend's webcam, but he cannot see mine.

    i know my webcam (logitec quickcam e 3500) works on my 9.10 installation, because i installed the "cheese" package which works perfect.

    skype installation: i downloaded the latest deb package from skype (skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.47-1_i386.deb). when i double clicked it, i noticed it says that it depends on 8 packages (libqt4-core libqt4-gui etc.) so i installed all the dependencies with apt-get, and then finished the skype installation, which went well.

    when i right-click skype on the panel and choose Options>VideoDevices i can see that "UVC Camera (xxxx: xxxx) (/dev/video0)" is selected, which seems correct. but when i click "test" i get nothing.

    any clue?

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    Re: webcam wont work in skype

    IDK i ran
    Code:
    sudo dpkg --info skype-ubuntu-hardy_2.1.0.47-1_386.deb
    and got a list of 10 pgks...one of which is libxv1:
    Code:
    Depends: libasound2 (>> 1.0.12), libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-12), libqt4-core (>= 4.2.1), libqt4-gui (>= 4.2.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-12), libx11-6, libxext6, libxss1, libxv1

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    Re: webcam wont work in skype

    You may need to follow the instructions here
    I did for my Logitech cam and it worked great
    If the only reason you think your software is better is because it's FOSS, you need to write better software

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    Re: webcam wont work in skype

    Quote Originally Posted by Merk42 View Post
    You may need to follow the instructions here
    I did for my Logitech cam and it worked great
    thanks!
    i followed the link in the beinning of the link that you posted, and ran skype with
    Code:
    LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype &
    and now the webcam works great!

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    Re: webcam wont work in skype

    Quote Originally Posted by Merk42 View Post
    You may need to follow the instructions here
    I did for my Logitech cam and it worked great
    Link is broken and I get the exact same problem! Any help?

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    Re: webcam wont work in skype

    Quote Originally Posted by minsf View Post
    thanks!
    i followed the link in the beinning of the link that you posted, and ran skype with
    Code:
    LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype &
    and now the webcam works great!
    I get ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

    I have tried everything. My webcam works on google talk and cheese.
    Any ideas?

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