Webcam problem with Skype, Logitech S7500, Jaunty

[Aryan Ameri]

On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 04:42 -0200, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Aryan Ameri <info at ameri.me> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > After doing a fair bit of research on which webcam would work out of the
> > box in Jaunty with Skype, I bought a Logitech QuickCam S7500.
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > Using Skype Version 2.0.0.72 here from the Medibuntu repository
> > (compiled with with dynamic Qt) on AMD64 platform. Also using
> > proprietary FGLRX ATI driver, in case that makes any difference.
> >
> [snip]

> Perhaps you could try Skype beta from:
> http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64.

Thanks. Tried it. Same problem. The audio department seems to have been
restructured in Skype 2.1 and now (finally!) uses pulsaudio. There
doesn't seem to be any changes to video handling (why it just doesn't
use Video4Linux is beyond my understanding). 

Cheers
-- 
Aryan Ameri