From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 15:45:02 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89E4A1065675; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:45:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1CA08FC12; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:45:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p0OFijD9001128; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:45:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id p0OFijxF001127; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:44:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:44:45 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <201101241544.p0OFijxF001127@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG, arundel@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20110124101338.GA68332@freebsd.org> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-emulation User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.5 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:45:00 +0100 (CET) Cc: 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 15:45:02 -0000 Alexander Best wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > 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). > > [...] > > > > 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.*. As I already wrote above: I have installed skype-2.0.0.72,1 from ports. It does support OSS. The missing microphone function is not a Skype problem, it's a driver problem. I do not even get a device node for the webcam's microphone, according to /dev/sndstat. 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 "Life is short (You need Python)" -- Bruce Eckel, ANSI C++ Comitee member, author of "Thinking in C++" and "Thinking in Java"