Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:40:38 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: v4l + webcamd + Logitech C210 + Skype (FreeBSD 8-stable) Message-ID: <201101232040.p0NKecDg053547@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Hi, I'm trying to get Skype working with video support on my 8-stable machine at home. I've got a shiny new Logitech C210 webcam. This webcam works perfectly fine on my wife's Windows machine, FWIW. On my FreeBSD box I've installed webcamd and all of its dependencies, as per HPS' documentation. Basically the webcam seems to work: I get a clear picture in pwcview(1). However, Skype doesn't seem to recognize the video device (I have installed skype-2.0.0.72,1 from ports). The Logitech C210 is a UVC webcam (USB video class), and webcamd includes a uvc driver, but it says that it is V4L2 only. On the other hand, the Linuxulator's video device translation layer does not support V4L2, as far as I know. Is that the reason why Skype cannot see my webcam? If so, what's the recommended way to solve the problem? All of the webcams currently available for purchase seem to be UVC ones, so I'm probably stuck with Windows. :-( There's a second issue, but I think it's not related to emulation: The microphone doesn't seem to be supported. I haven't found anything related to audio in the webcamd documentation, so I guess it doesn't support microphones at all. I don't get any separate audio decvice listed in the output of usbconfig(8). Do I have to purchase a separate microphone, even though the C210 webcam already has a built-in one? Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "anyone new to programming should be kept as far from C++ as possible; actually showing the stuff should be considered a criminal offence" -- Jacek Generowicz
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