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I'm using fedora10, i'm facing problems with video while i use Skype2.0 (My cam is logitech quick connect). The issue is whenever i enable my video, skype shuts off abruptly. But i can see the partner's video and sounds also work perfectly.
FYI - my webcam is detected properly as i can see the video when i switch on cheese webcam. I did not install any drivers for my webcam as the OS recognized webcam by its own.. Any help would be appreciated.
You'll probably have better luck on Skype's forums. Maybe. As far as I can tell, even Skype hates the Skype Linux client.
The only suggestion I have would be to start Skype from a console and hope it complains about something. Otherwise, since Skype is a closed system, helping is really difficult.
Indeed skype does all sorts of strange things like this, and at random. What is the exact camera model ? And what driver is it using, check 'lsmod'. Even with that info, I doubt there is much help, I would simply trying to update the driver or try a different driver.
The problem is that Skype doesn`t load the v4l libraries as it should an you have to do it your own.
Start Skype from command line with this command :
env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
This resolved my issue.......... Thanks for all help I posted this here as this may help future fedora+skype issues in video.
So basically skype is only capable of using v4l1 and as most distros now only have v4l2 you need this compatibility module. Ok, got it, good to see it worked out.
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