Drivers

[Scott Blair]

On Mon, 2014-12-01 at 20:55 +0000, Suleiman Shahin wrote:
> I am trying with Skype. I do not see a picture or hear sound.
> 
> What is Cheese?
> 
> 
> 
> Suleiman Shahin 
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: shashank at linux.com
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 15:32:56 -0500
> Subject: Re: Drivers
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> 
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Suleiman Shahin
> <s_s_shahin at hotmail.com> wrote:
>         Hello Scott,
>         
>         Have not tried anything except I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and
>         found out now the camera/mic is not working.
>         
> How are you confirming that your camera is not working? Please specify
> the application you tried to use it with. If none, Try "Cheese" as Mr
> Scott mentioned.
> 
> 
> -- Shashank
> 
>         
>         Thanks.
>         
>         Suleiman Shahin 
>         
>         > From: scott.blair at gmail.com
>         > Subject: Re: FW: Drivers
>         > To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>         > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 14:05:50 -0500
>         
>         > 
>         > On Mon, 2014-12-01 at 18:41 +0000, Suleiman Shahin wrote:
>         > > Hello,
>         > > 
>         > > Just joined your list and have a few questions.
>         > > I am very new to Ubuntu and my first question is how do I
>         go about
>         > > getting a driver then installing one. The first one I need
>         is for a
>         > > webcam.
>         > > 
>         > > Thanks
>         > > 
>         > > Suleiman Shahin 
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>         > Have you tried Cheese Webcam Booth yet? I know I hooked up
>         my Sony
>         > Playstaion 3 web cam and it worked without having to
>         download any
>         > drivers.
>         > -- 
>         > 
>         > 
>         > 
>         > Scott Blair
>         > 
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OK open skype, go to Options, click on video devices. Third thing down
Select webcam, click to drop that box down and see if your webcam is
mentioned in there. Also I am assuming it is a USB webcam, try plugging
it into another USB slot on your computer, not in to a USB HUB. Just
working on some of the minor things that could be wrong.

Cheese Webcam Booth is a program that allows you to make videos from
your webcam. It has several different video filters you can use. It
should already be installed.

BTW what type of webcam do you have, make and model?

-- 



Scott Blair

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