[ale] skype video

Paul Cartwright ale at pcartwright.com
Fri Jun 4 05:33:54 EDT 2010


On Thu June 3 2010, Jim Kinney wrote:
> WooHoo!!! Video with my $12 webcam!!!
>
> Many thanks Boris. I'll forward this to my wife who should be at the far
> end of the skype camera stuff and has the same issue.
>
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Boris Borisov <bugy at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>  In most cases you have to load
>
> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
>
> or
>
> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so
>
> before to load skype...

could you splain a little more?? My web cam was recognized, but still doesn't 
work with Ekiga or Skype.. What file does that line go in?
but then again, I don't have either of those files..
-- 
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800
Registered Ubuntu User #12459
http://usdebtclock.org/


More information about the Ale mailing list