HDE Webcam won't work!!? HELP!!?

[P-rench]

Alright I think I narrowed down my problem. I'm running wubi ubuntu 9.10 through windows xp. My webcam is a SiGma Micro, ID# 1c4f:3002. I have successfully gotten my webcam to work in LUVCview as well as Guvcview. I was able to successfully record video and audio through Guvcview with no problems. Heres my problem though, I can't seem to get my webcam to work in skype 2.1 beta version. Skype does sense my webcam and when I do "test" I can see video through skype, but the picture is all greenish and very small (I can only see about half of my head vertically) and there is a double picture of me, like a ghost image. I don't understand what the problem is. Can anyone please help me with this?? Any suggestions??

[xc3RnbFO8P]

Try this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...8&postcount=13

[P-rench]

Just tried that, and nothing. Still doesn't work, bummer. Thanks for the suggestion though . Any other suggestions from anyone?

[lisati]

Threads merged

[P-rench]

Bump.

[lisati]

Bump.

Your support requests have been combined into a single thread. And please do not "bump" more often than once a day.

[P-rench]

Right on, sounds good.

[P-rench]

So does anyone have any advice or suggestions on how I can get my webcam to work with skype?

[P-rench]

Bump.

[P-rench]

YES! IT'S SOLVED! Thanks to Ringi and user no2498 where I found part of the solution in their reply to this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1482369. Alright so my webcam is now working in Skype 2.1 Beta Version on Ubuntu 9.10!!! I want to mention that this solve is for a SiGma Micro USB Webcam ID# 1c4f:3002. This webcam is EXTREMELY cheap (about $7 after shipping) and works GREAT! The only downside is, there is no built in microphone. If anyone here is interested in purchasing the same webcam I bought, you can do so at http://www.amazon.com/Webcam-Camera-...3875133&sr=8-1 through the seller "HDE". OR, you can buy directly from HDE at their home website here http://www.hdeshop.com/USB-3-LED-PC-...B0015TJNEY.htm This webcam is very much worth the price and purchase, very decent quality at a resolution of 640X480 and very little or no lag between voice and video when chatting it up on skype! =] Ok, now to the answer! I did all of this in the terminal and everything worked great.

First you will want to set the resolution for skype to the same resolution of the webcam. Before doing this, Shut down Skype and any other video/webcam program before doing anything. Then open a terminal. To do this, go to Applications menu -> Accessories -> Terminal.

Now enter this command in the terminal:

gedit /$HOME/.Skype/(YourUserName)/config.xml

Once the skype xml file is opened then search for this:

<TransferWindow>
<Height>240</Height>
<NoCancelConfirmation>0</NoCancelConfirmation>
<Width>480</Width>
<X>3</X>
<Y>647</Y>
</TransferWindow>

Once found, highlight and delete, and replace with this:

<Video>
<CaptureHeight>480</CaptureHeight>
<CaptureWidth>640</CaptureWidth>
</Video>

Once completed, save and exit. Now return to the terminal.
Now you will need the webcam drivers so enter these commands in the terminal (one by one):

cd /tmp
wget http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb/archive/tip.tar.bz2
tar xvfj tip.tar.bz2
cd v4l*
make
Wait, until it is finished (it will finish with an error).

Now, enter this in the terminal:

gksudo gedit /tmp/v4l*/v4l/.config

Search for this line in the xml file:
CONFIG_DVB_FIREDTV=m

and change it to
CONFIG_DVB_FIREDTV=n

Now click on "Save", close the text editor and get back to the terminal where you enter these commands (one by one):

make
sudo make install

Now, when completed, reboot your computer and your webcam should work.

Enjoy! =]