webcam and Skype

cr.tauro · #1 21st November 2009, 02:07 PM

Hello, I install fedora 12 and Skype 2.1 Beta form the skype web site.

My web cam is detected by the skype but wend i make a video test the webcam dosent turn on form Skype.
I test the web cam with cheese and works ok.

Any help?

Regards
Richard

Edit: Hello..
I fix the problem.. tanks in advance...
Regards

dragonbite · #2 23rd November 2009, 03:39 PM

How did you fix the problem?

I'm trying to set up Skype on Windows and on Fedora 12. I also fail the video feed but I think the mic is working.

cr.tauro · #3 26th November 2009, 02:14 AM

In the terminal run.....

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

StephenH · #4 26th November 2009, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cr.tauro

In the terminal run.....

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

Thanks! I needed just that information too.

In fact, I went one better. In my top panel, I added a launcher for Skype. For the command, I used your command, and now it launches with video just fine.

dragonbite · #5 28th November 2009, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cr.tauro

In the terminal run.....

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

My terminal just sits there after running this command. Does it take a while or am I doing something wrong?

StephenH · #6 28th November 2009, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragonbite

My terminal just sits there after running this command. Does it take a while or am I doing something wrong?

Do you have libv4l installed?

dragonbite · #7 29th November 2009, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StephenH

Do you have libv4l installed?

According to the KPackageKit (I am not familiar with Yum commands yet), it looks like I have libv4l-0.6.3-1.fc12(i686) installed. Am I missing anything else?

StephenH · #8 30th November 2009, 02:28 AM

What is the output of lsusb? Have you seen if there is any other information related to your particular webcam? Please post the output of uname -a as well.

dragonbite · #9 30th November 2009, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StephenH

What is the output of lsusb? Have you seen if there is any other information related to your particular webcam? Please post the output of uname -a as well.

Code:

[drew@Goblin ~]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 045e:00f8 Microsoft Corp. LifeCam NX-6000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 047d:1048 Kensington
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Code:

[drew@Goblin ~]$ uname -a
Linux Goblin.MSHOME 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:41:45 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

I think I saw somewhere that the issue may be the camera trying to run at too high of a resolution (2.0 Megapixels). How do I reduce that?

StephenH · #10 2nd December 2009, 06:28 PM

Unfortunately, that is beyond my scope of experience. I hope that some other kind soul in here can help you. Have you been able to search other (possibly non-Fedora) sites for hints about your web cam? I would try that.

For example, perhaps something here may help:

http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/

Good luck.

dragonbite · #11 2nd December 2009, 06:51 PM

I finally managed to get it to work.. in Windows.

Mind you, the video never worked, only the Mic and even that was starting to give me trouble. But it IS a Microsoft webcam, and Microsoft doesn't do anything unless there is competition!

I took my son's el-cheap-o digital camera that also works as a webcam, and plugged it in and tried it in Skype. I was surprised, Skype detected it with no problems. Unfortunately there is no mic on the el-cheap-o camera.

So I plugged the Microsoft back in figuring I could use it's Mic and the el-cheap-o for video.

'Lo and behold, Skype suddenly recognizes the Microsoft webcam and it works perfectly! I unplugged the el-cheap-o one and the Microsoft webcam worked fine. I'll see if I have to do that every time, or if it will work now.

So, of course I need to get it working in Linux. I wonder if Gnome would be a better installation for it or not (different libraries, etc.)?

Curiouser and curiouser.

biodoc · #12 23rd December 2009, 03:14 AM

Thanks to cr.tauro for the recommendation made on 2009-11-25, 06:14 PM CST:

“In the terminal run.....

env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype”

WebCam and Skype now getting along just fine. ~cc

dragonbite · #13 23rd December 2009, 09:12 PM

Ha, now I found out why the Mic worked... the laptop has one built in that I didn't realize! So when the Mic was working, it was the laptop's built-in Mic working, not the webcam.

So I can make calls, just can't send video. Oh well, better than nothing.

Cyberhawk · #14 8th July 2010, 10:49 PM

I have the exact same problem, skype worked with my Philips cam right out of the box, but
at some point it stopped. When in skypes options, if I press on the "test" button the cam tries
to turn on (I can tell, because it has a light) but nothing happens. However, when the cam tries
to turn on, I get this in the terminal from where I started skype:

Code:

X Error, request 132, minor 18, error code 8 BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)

I used this to start skype up in the first place:

Code:

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

The cam works perfectly fine with cheese though.