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Re: [News] Skype Brings Video to GNU/Linux Client!

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> ____/ Attila on Thursday 08 November 2007 16:23 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> 
>>> Skype for Linux 2.0 - with Video support
>> <snip>
>> Hi Roy,
>> Being extremely sceptical about any claim regarding skype (or shite as the
>> scousers say) I duely downloaded and tried out its "video support"[sic].
>> 1. It did recognise my camera as a sn9c1xx camera (a Trust 120 Spacecam v4l2
>> usb cam) on /dev/video. Hmmm so far so good.
>> 2. I click the "test" button and one of two things happens:
>> A. A get some sort of image that is basically green with red patterns
>> flashing intermittently (roughly at 1 second intervals) or
>> B. Clicking the button crashes Skype with the "aborting..." message.
>> 
>> Both Ekiga and AMSN work fine with this webcam.
>> So well done Skype.
>> Attila
>
> It is a beta though. It's an early release.

Doesn't work on Linux

"It's beta".

lol.

(nice xface btw, try changing the sampling/conversion so there is more
dark regions).

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