Saturday, February 25, 2012

Skype webcam on 64 bit ubuntu

After a bit of searching, I think I've got to the bottom of my built in isight camera not working with skype. The problem was that I didn't have the 32 bit libraries installed. To resolve, perform the following:
  1. sudo apt-get install lib32v4l-0 libv4l-0
  2. Create a wrapper script within ~/bin/skype_wrapper/skype_wrapper.sh for starting skype containing the following:
  3. #!/usr/bin/env bash LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
  4. Within a terminal, run the following:
  5. chmod +x ~/bin/skype_wrapper/skype_wrapper.sh
  6. You can then start skype by running the following from a terminal:
  7. ~/bin/skype_wrapper/skype_wrapper.sh

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