From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 10:14:21 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1233) id AFF3B106566B; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:14:21 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:14:21 +0000 From: Alexander Best To: "Luchesar V. ILIEV" Message-ID: <20110124101421.GA68956@freebsd.org> References: <201101232040.p0NKecDg053547@lurza.secnetix.de> <4D3D3F9C.9010608@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D3D3F9C.9010608@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG, Oliver Fromme Subject: Re: v4l + webcamd + Logitech C210 + Skype (FreeBSD 8-stable) X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:14:21 -0000 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. :-( > > > > 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 > > > > 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 ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/local/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored. > > HTH, > Luchesar -- a13x