Skype and video[Was:Webcam recommendations?]

[Fernando Apesteguía]

Hi all,

I'm using Skype 2.0.0.72 and I have a Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks,
as reported by lsusb:

idVendor           0x046d Logitech, Inc.
idProduct          0x08dd QuickCam for Notebooks
bcdDevice            1.00

With this version of Skype, I'm able to see other people doing video
conference (better quality with compiz disabled), but I can't get the
webcam working. In Options->Video, the webcam is detected, but when I
push the "Test" button, all I get is this:

Starting the process...
Skype Xv: Xv ports available: 4
Skype XShm: XShm support enabled
Skype Xv: Using Xv port 131
<Here Skype closes and I get the command prompt again>

Nothing catches my eye in the system log. I tried to install
libv4l.i386 but it didn't make any difference.

Any success cases? Any hints on how to solve this?

[John Horne]

On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 22:54 +0100, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Skype 2.0.0.72 and I have a Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks,
> as reported by lsusb:
>
> idVendor           0x046d Logitech, Inc.
> idProduct          0x08dd QuickCam for Notebooks
> bcdDevice            1.00
>
> With this version of Skype, I'm able to see other people doing video
> conference (better quality with compiz disabled), but I can't get the
> webcam working. In Options->Video, the webcam is detected, but when I
> push the "Test" button, all I get is this:
>
> Starting the process...
> Skype Xv: Xv ports available: 4
> Skype XShm: XShm support enabled
> Skype Xv: Using Xv port 131
>
> <Here Skype closes and I get the command prompt again>
>
> Nothing catches my eye in the system log. I tried to install
> libv4l.i386 but it didn't make any difference.
>
> Any success cases? Any hints on how to solve this?

For just testing the webcam video I used the 'ucview' command (it's in
the ucview package). As mentioned in the old thread, I have a Logitech
webcam, on a PC not a notebook though, and the ucview command detects
the webcam fine, and displays what the webcam sees (basically me looking
at my monitor!).

I've been using skype from home to work using both audio and video. The
only problem I had was getting audio to work, one setting in skype
needed to be changed, then audio worked.

Skype package is: skype-2.0.0.72-fc5.i586

John.

[Fernando Apesteguía]

On 2/23/09, John Horne  wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 22:54 +0100, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm using Skype 2.0.0.72 and I have a Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks,
> > as reported by lsusb:
> >
> > idVendor           0x046d Logitech, Inc.
> > idProduct          0x08dd QuickCam for Notebooks
> > bcdDevice            1.00
> >
> > With this version of Skype, I'm able to see other people doing video
> > conference (better quality with compiz disabled), but I can't get the
> > webcam working. In Options->Video, the webcam is detected, but when I
> > push the "Test" button, all I get is this:
> >
> > Starting the process...
> > Skype Xv: Xv ports available: 4
> > Skype XShm: XShm support enabled
> > Skype Xv: Using Xv port 131
> >
> > <Here Skype closes and I get the command prompt again>
> >
> > Nothing catches my eye in the system log. I tried to install
> > libv4l.i386 but it didn't make any difference.
> >
> > Any success cases? Any hints on how to solve this?
>
> For just testing the webcam video I used the 'ucview' command (it's in
> the ucview package). As mentioned in the old thread, I have a Logitech
> webcam, on a PC not a notebook though, and the ucview command detects
> the webcam fine, and displays what the webcam sees (basically me looking
> at my monitor!).

I'll check that program, thanks. I forgot to mention that Cheese
doesn't show images of the camera either. I don't know if the two
problems could be related.
> I've been using skype from home to work using both audio and video. The
> only problem I had was getting audio to work, one setting in skype
> needed to be changed, then audio worked.

I have similar problems due to the pulseaudio mess.
> Skype package is: skype-2.0.0.72-fc5.i586
>
> John.
> --
>
> John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK  Tel: [phone]
> E-mail: [e-mail]       Fax: [phone]
>
> --
> fedora-list mailing list
> [e-mail]
> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

[Paolo Galtieri]

I ran the same version of skype on my laptop running F10 and my webcam and
sound worked fine.  Here's the webcam info

Bus 001 Device 010: ID 046d:09a2 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate
Deluxe/S7500

I had to play around with the sound devices configuration in the skype
options  to get sound to work.  Some sound settings in skype would indicate
sound was working but I was unable to make a test call.  I finally got past
that and was able to make a test call and had my webcam displaying.

Hope this helps

Paolo

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Fernando Apesteguía <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Skype 2.0.0.72 and I have a Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks,
> as reported by lsusb:
>
> idVendor           0x046d Logitech, Inc.
> idProduct          0x08dd QuickCam for Notebooks
> bcdDevice            1.00
>
> With this version of Skype, I'm able to see other people doing video
> conference (better quality with compiz disabled), but I can't get the
> webcam working. In Options->Video, the webcam is detected, but when I
> push the "Test" button, all I get is this:
>
> Starting the process...
> Skype Xv: Xv ports available: 4
> Skype XShm: XShm support enabled
> Skype Xv: Using Xv port 131
>
> <Here Skype closes and I get the command prompt again>
>
> Nothing catches my eye in the system log. I tried to install
> libv4l.i386 but it didn't make any difference.
>
> Any success cases? Any hints on how to solve this?
>
> --
> fedora-list mailing list
> [e-mail]
> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
> Guidelines:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

[Fabio Venturi]

Hello,
I had the same problem with my webcam and I resolved following this guide (
http://moinejf.free.fr/gspca_README.txt):

V4L library

Most applications don't know how to decode the raw frames generated
    by the webcams, and also, many of them do not speak the V4L2
    interface. To make them work, you need the V4L application
    library found at:

http://linuxtv.org/hg/~hgoede/v4l-dvb

To generate:
    	cd v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/
    	make
       (and as root)
    	make install
    	(the installation is done under /usr/local)

To use it with a mono-threaded application, do:
    	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/
    	LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so <application>

To use it with a multi-threaded application, do:
    	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/
    	export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
    	<application>

For more information, look at:
    	http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/3636.html
    	http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Libv4l_Progress

Cheers,
Fab

2009/2/24 Paolo Galtieri
> I ran the same version of skype on my laptop running F10 and my webcam and
> sound worked fine.  Here's the webcam info
>
> Bus 001 Device 010: ID 046d:09a2 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate
> Deluxe/S7500
>
> I had to play around with the sound devices configuration in the skype
> options  to get sound to work.  Some sound settings in skype would indicate
> sound was working but I was unable to make a test call.  I finally got past
> that and was able to make a test call and had my webcam displaying.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Paolo
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Fernando Apesteguía <
> [e-mail]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm using Skype 2.0.0.72 and I have a Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks,
> > as reported by lsusb:
> >
> > idVendor           0x046d Logitech, Inc.
> > idProduct          0x08dd QuickCam for Notebooks
> > bcdDevice            1.00
> >
> > With this version of Skype, I'm able to see other people doing video
> > conference (better quality with compiz disabled), but I can't get the
> > webcam working. In Options->Video, the webcam is detected, but when I
> > push the "Test" button, all I get is this:
> >
> > Starting the process...
> > Skype Xv: Xv ports available: 4
> > Skype XShm: XShm support enabled
> > Skype Xv: Using Xv port 131
> >
> > <Here Skype closes and I get the command prompt again>
> >
> > Nothing catches my eye in the system log. I tried to install
> > libv4l.i386 but it didn't make any difference.
> >
> > Any success cases? Any hints on how to solve this?
> >
> > --
> > fedora-list mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
> > Guidelines:
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
>
> --
> fedora-list mailing list
> [e-mail]
> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
> Guidelines:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines