Skype Video issue in Fedora10 OS
 

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.

Thanks
Joe

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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.

Hi H_TeXMeX_H, Hangdog42

Thanks for your help,

My cam is logitech quick connect

lsmod result--

$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
fuse 49436 2
i915 53380 2
drm 158516 3 i915
bridge 43796 0
stp 6148 1 bridge
bnep 14848 2
sco 12932 2
l2cap 21504 3 bnep
bluetooth 48608 5 bnep,sco,l2cap
sunrpc 156052 3
ip6t_REJECT 7296 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 15864 2
ip6table_filter 6400 1
ip6_tables 14736 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 230260 32 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand 9996 2
acpi_cpufreq 12172 0
dm_multipath 17164 0
uinput 10624 0
snd_hda_intel 354068 3
snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
snd_seq_oss 30364 0
snd_seq_midi_event 9600 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 48576 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 10124 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
firewire_ohci 22916 0
snd_pcm_oss 42496 0
snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 65924 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
firewire_core 35616 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 5760 1 firewire_core
snd_timer 22024 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11144 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
e1000e 102192 0
snd 50616 16 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore 9416 1 snd
i2c_i801 12048 0
i2c_core 21396 2 drm,i2c_i801
gspca_zc3xx 48256 0
gspca_main 21504 1 gspca_zc3xx
videodev 32000 1 gspca_main
v4l1_compat 15876 1 videodev
serio_raw 8836 0
pcspkr 6272 0
ata_generic 8452 0
pata_acpi 7680 0

Im a newbie, if anymore info i could provide, let me know..

What kernel version do you have ? 'uname -r'

This may be relevant:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...urrent-689085/
I know it's slackware, but using the driver mentioned there may work.

Resolved..
 

I got a fix for this issue from skype forums..

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.

Thanks
Joe

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.