Webcam issues

[sbelz79]

I just got a new webcam. It's a Creative Live! Socialize HD. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit. In Skype, when I go to Options>video devices, it shows up under "Select webcam" as "VF0610 Live! Cam Socialize HD (/dev/video0)" However, when I click Test, nothing happens. When I double-click on Test, I get a full screen view of a blank window. Running skype from the terminal, I get the following output:

X Error, request 133, minor 18, error code 8 BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)

Under the advise of an article which can be found here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam

I tried running the following command in the terminal:

bash -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype'

and then tried the webcam test again, with the same result and output. I tried again, but with this command:

bash -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype'

with the same results and output.

However, my webcam works fine with Cheese, so I know I've got the drivers.

Any ideas?

[sbelz79]

bump

[Linuxforall]

Is your cam recognized by dmesg, install cheese and see if it works.

[sbelz79]

I already have Cheese, and my cam works fine in it. I don't know anything about dmesg.

[sbelz79]

bump.

[sbelz79]

A new development. Although testing the camera still gets me the same results, I decided to Skype my girlfriend on her computer on the other room- Both sound and video worked (though the video is pretty choppy). Is it possible that I need to install a different driver? If so, how do I find out which one, and how do I install it?

[derklempner]

I tried running the following command in the terminal:

bash -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype'

and then tried the webcam test again, with the same result and output. I tried again, but with this command:

bash -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype'

with the same results and output.

I had similar issues with Skype, and was able to fix the problem by creating a small bash script to launch Skype and that read thusly:

#!/bin/bash
export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1
env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

Although it was not necessary to include the third line (except the "skype" command to launch the program) to get the camera working properly.

My camera is a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000, and I found the answer to this issue on the Skype forums here.

[sbelz79]

Thanks! That worked perfectly.