Skype Update Broke Support For USB Video Capture D...

We use video to USB adapters to integrate Skype into our classroom set ups and the most recent upgrade seems to have broken support for these types of devices. The only solution we've come up with so far is to downgrade to 6.1.0.129 and turn off auto updates (which is a band-aid at best). Any idea why Skype chose to do this and what might be the best way around the issue? The issue is with everything from cheap StarTech USB dongles all the way up to Black Magic Design's Intensity Shuttle. Our class capture cameras do not support USB unfortunately. 

I believe at least starting with 6.2 the video support was being reworked in one way or another, possibly from the ground up.  It appears a lot of compatibility especially with virtual video devices/overlays was lost.  I don't believe that was intentional. The only thing you can do is continue to use 6.1 until a future release restores compatibility.

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