Asus built-in webcam showing upside-down (especially in skype)

[Adam Funk]

On 2011-09-22, NoOp wrote:

> On 09/21/2011 08:59 AM, Adam Funk wrote:
>> I'm using an Asus laptop with a built-in webcam and getting the
>> upside-down image problem that's been previously reported [1] but the
>> LD_PRELOAD solutions aren't working for me.  I've installed libv4l-0
>> 0.8.3-1 and skype 2.2.0.35-1 (from skype.com for amd64), and running
>> an x86_64 kernel.  These commands
> ...
>> [1]
>> http://tpurch-blog.blogspot.com/2010/02/webcam-upside-down.html
>
> According to that link it appears that it's a manufacturer issue...
> maybe complain to Asus? Do you have Windows installed & if so does it
> work in Windows? I note the: "In Windows the software detects the
> problem and flips the image automatically.", but it's good if you can
> confirm.

It came with Windows 7, but I blasted that right away.

> What webcam applications have you tried (cheese, etc)? In those can you
> flip the image?

Oddly, I get the opposite error message profile:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so cheese
and
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libv4l/v4l1compat.so cheese
-> no error, upside-down

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so cheese
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so' from LD_PRELOAD
cannot be preloaded: ignored.
and upside-down