Built-in Camera not working on Skype

Hello!I have some problems with video calling on Skype.I have Ubuntu 12.04 and a HP Laptop.The camera works great on cheese.The problem is my cam is not working on skype.If I go on Settings on Video Call section,my cam work,but not when I try to call somebody.It's just say that my device is not configured for video calling,but I make some video calls before,I can't understand.I tried all of the tutorials on the internet and I didn't find any solution.I appreciate if somebody would help and also sorry for my english,I'm still learning it.

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Hi, I have a client coaching session scheduled through skype and my camera is not working. Please, does anyone have suggestions? I've downloaded the latest version of skype from the skype website. My computer software is updated. The camera is working for Face Time. I've gone into "preferences" under "Skype" and clicked on audio/video. The video has only one option: "Built In iSight". I'd appreciate any help. Thank you!
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I had read this solution on other forums, but it did not solve my problem. (I rebooted before opening skype, had nothing else running, and still got the "video is turned off" error message.) I am putting my solution here for those unlucky ones whose problem is not resolved by the easy solution above.
I had this exact problem, suddenly, two days ago. I see from Skype forums and Mac forums that this is a very common problem. I spent 2 hours on Skype chat support (two different calls) with no luck. The technicians had not heard of the problem (!) and just kept saying try doing a clean install (uninstall and reinstall) which I did and didn't work. Finally, I copied an old version of Skype from a different Mac and copied it to my new computer (over-writing the latest version of Skype) and POOF! Problem solved. Clearly it is a glitch in the newest version of skype. If you are lucky enough to have an old version of skype on another computer, or a friend who has an older version: (1) copy your skype.app file from your other mac to a thumb drive, or email it to yourself--somehow get it to your new computer--and copy it into your applications folder. It will say you already have this file--overwrite? Say yes. Problem solved. (2) do NOT select "update automatically" as a skype option. If you do, you will always be among the very first to be derailed by a new bug. Let other suckers work through those problems. (3) when you DO update skype, before you download the new version, change the name of the previous version to something like "skypeJanuary2011" or "skypeOldVersion" so that it does not get over-written by the new version. Then if the new version is buggier than the old one, you can always go back.
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Built-in iSight not working with Skype

Hi, I have an iMac Intel Core with Built-in iSight, and ever since I've upgraded to Snow Leopard OS, my Skype does not recognize my webcam- when I select the "Built-in iSight" option, it says it is in use by another applications, and when I select the "Built-in iSight (leopard)" option, it's just a green screen.
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jborichef wrote:
Hi, I have an iMac Intel Core with Built-in iSight, and ever since I've upgraded to Snow Leopard OS, my Skype does not recognize my webcam- when I select the "Built-in iSight" option, it says it is in use by another applications, and when I select the "Built-in iSight (leopard)" option, it's just a green screen.
I've tried reinstalling, updating, and calling Apple. My friend uses Skype on Snow Leopard with a MacBook Pro 13'' and his works fine.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan Borichef
For any iSight trouble, start with Apple's http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
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However, if after carefully following all the suggestions in the "How to Troubleshoot iSight" article, your built-in iSight still does not work, and if it does not show as a USB device in your Mac's System Profiler, yours is most likely a hardware problem. In that case, contact Apple or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for service.
If Skype is your only problem app, you can get help for Skype specific questions here:
http://www.skype.com/help/guides/
Skype even has its own dedicated forum for help from Skype users: http://forum.skype.com/
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If you still cannot find what you need, check https://support.skype.com/search_first/
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Built in iSight not working wiith Skype!

I have googled all over and tried everything. I ve even seen this question being asked here before but no solution has worked for me yet.
I was using skype and isight just fine until I was unable to hear audio in Quicktime for one of my videos. So I try to download and update and ended up losing audio to ALL my videos. I believe thats when the problem started and skype could not detect any camera being attached.
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mahat wrote:
I have googled all over and tried everything. I ve even seen this question being asked here before but no solution has worked for me yet.
I was using skype and isight just fine until I was unable to hear audio in Quicktime for one of my videos. So I try to download and update and ended up losing audio to ALL my videos. I believe thats when the problem started and skype could not detect any camera being attached.
So I deleted Quicktime. Unistalled it and reinstalled it. I also downloaded the svid codecs I had before and I also installed Peruvian.. which I didnt have before.
The skype video is still not working. I have repaired disk permissions as well and checked for updates, even reinstalled skype but it still says no camera attached when i click on preferences.
Please someone out there.. is there a solution??
Its probably a codec thing with quicktime but WHAT is it??
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
P.S. Isight is working fine in photobooth. I even tried yahoo chat and even that doesn't show any camera attached..
Welcome to Discussions, mahat
For possible benefit of new Mac users, unless you are an OS X expert, it is not generally a good idea to manually delete files outside your documents folder except on specific advice from a trusted authority.
The above being said, with the application and system files you say you have added and deleted, let's start with the easiest possible fixes first.
If you do not have a current backup of all important files, do it now!
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8235.html
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