webcamd/cuse4bsd && Skype

[Matthias Apitz]

El día Sunday, January 01, 2012 a las 06:46:07PM +0100, Hans Petter Selasky escribió:

> On Sunday 01 January 2012 17:44:08 Matthias Apitz wrote:

> > ... 
> > # ls -l /dev/video*
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 webcamd  webcamd    0,  96  1 ene 16:52 /dev/video0
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 webcamd  webcamd    0, 116  1 ene 17:08 /dev/video8
> > 
> > /dev/video0 ist the built-in, /dev/video8 the external USB (0x0329:0x0471
> > which is a Philips SPC 900);  pwcview(1) works with both cams unsing the -d
> > flag; as well Kopete let me choose between both cams and both are
> > working;
> > 
> > skype-2.0.0.72,1 does not work with /dev/video0 (and does not
> > show the existance of a 2nd device); what can I do with this Skype?
> > must I go back to the kmod pwc.ko?
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> You can override the videoN number by giving the -v option to webcamd. (Video 
> Unit). See man webcamd.

Hi Hans,

Sure (and I will test this when I'm home again); but my goal was to use
the built-in /dev/video0 with Skype, why this does not work while it
works with pwcview(1) and Kopete?

	matthias
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