Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:13:39 +0000 From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> To: "Luchesar V. ILIEV" <luchesar.iliev@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Subject: Re: v4l + webcamd + Logitech C210 + Skype (FreeBSD 8-stable) Message-ID: <20110124101338.GA68332@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4D3D3F9C.9010608@gmail.com> References: <201101232040.p0NKecDg053547@lurza.secnetix.de> <4D3D3F9C.9010608@gmail.com>
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On Mon Jan 24 11, Luchesar V. ILIEV wrote: > On 01/23/2011 22:40, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > 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. :-( same problem here with a logitech webcam. everything works fine under pwcview(1), but in skype all i get is a distorted green image. > > > > 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? i think sound doesn't work with recent versions of skype, because they abandoned OSS support. you might want to try skype 2.0.*, instead of version 2.1.*. cheers. alex > > > > Best regards > > Oliver > > > > Hi Oliver, > > Probably that's totally irrelevant to your problem, but you might try > running Skype like the following and see if it makes any difference: > > $ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /path/to/skype > > HTH, > Luchesar -- a13x
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