Logitech Quickcam messenger web cam on suse 11.1

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I want to install and use my webcam for skype. could not find possible driver or lib. for use with skype.

i can use this web cam with my amsn but not with skype quality with amsn is quite poor. I believe i randomly installed few libs. and software and it started working for amsn.

Has anypne got any experience with webcams ? any help ?

Logitech Quickcam messenger web cam on suse 11.1

kernel - Linux linux-70u7 2.6.27.23-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-05-26 17:02:05 -0400 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

lsmode does detect that quick messenger is attached as a hardware.

linux-70u7:/home/subhan222/downloads/webcam/gspcav1-20071224 # lsmod | grep cam
quickcam_messenger 12880 0
usbvideo 23088 1 quickcam_messenger
usbcore 165564 11 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,quickcam_messenger,usbvideo,gspca_zc3xx,gspca_main,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

thanks

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i am a skype user (logitech pro 9000)
go to : Skype HOWTO - openSUSE
and follow the guide.
cheers!

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thanks for your reply but actually that contains tweaks after the webcam is configured with skype and how to install skype and trouble shooting the audio problems

I have installed skype have no problem with audio but this web cam thing does not work.

any idea how to configure webcam with skype. i did picked couple of hints from references but no joy yet

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Actually, there is no special configuration needed to use video under Skype. If the video device is already identified by the v4l driver (usually /dev/video0), it will be recognized by Skype. Do you see any entry under Video Devices when you go to Skype’s Options menu?

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I can’t help with skype … I never use it. But if you wish to simply do a quality check on the quality of images you can get from your webcam, you could take a look at this webcam fun thread:
webcam & microphone command line fun … - openSUSE Forums

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Your camera is listed here
GSPCA V4L2 - Webcams
so maybe you have the same problem i had before.

so download and install this
http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb/archive/tip.tar.bz2

then restart.

you can also try this in the command line if the previous didnt work

bash -c 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so; skype'