Found camera that works and Then how to make it work in Skype !!
CIF Single Chip (/dev/video0) (a no-name camera has no brand on it anywhere) Clear, perfect clarity and color in Cheese. But, still snow in Skype. Till I found this solution!!!
To make skype work !!
In terminal write:
Code:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
Now to get skype to start up with this working, in your startup:
from the menu:
system->Preferences->Sessions
click on the "Startup Programs" tab, put in the eterm commandline:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
skype &
Then when your computer starts so will your skype PERFECTLY!
SPECIAL - SPECIAL thanks to;
stz184
January 29th, 2009, 06:59 AM
