No V4L support in Ekiga (Jaunty)?

[Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)]

On Sun, April 19, 2009 23:57, Vangelis Papathanassiou wrote:
> If I am not mistaken, Ekiga 3.2.0 as it comes with Jaunty does no longer
> support V4L.
>
> I am afraid this will disappoint many users, especially those who used to
>  employ their ov51x-based webcams, like the popular Sony EyeToy camera,
> in Ekiga video telephony.
>
>
> The only way known to me for non-experts to use these webcams with Ubuntu
> is to replace the gspca_ov519 kernel module by the rastageeks.org
> ov51x-jpeg module. To my knowledge, this module is V4L-only.
>
>
> Thus some of the tutorials at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam
> , insofar as Ekiga is concerned, will not apply to Jaunty.
>
>
> I hope those who made the relevant decisions are aware of these
> implications. Or is there a simple solution?


I'm sorry that I don't answer your question, but is Vangelis
Papathanassiou your real name? *THE* Vangelis? Can I get an autograph? ;-)

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Amedee