Webcam that works on skype out-of-the-box ???

hello,
I know that this is an issue that has been discussed many times, but i would be appreciate if someone can propose me a webcam which work with skype out-of-the box.
At the moment i have a Logitech Communicate STX but i 've the green horizontal lines although i've tried the LD_PRELOAD trick.
Which webcams are you using with skype ?

I don't remember exactly how it was, and since I run Skype from a 32bit directory I'm not 100% sure if this is applicable. For some reason I couldn't get a one-line command to work, but if creating the above mentioned executable file, which I gave the name skype_video, it works perfectly well when I run schroot -p skype_video. Otherwise it always complained about not finding that v4l1compat.so file.
Test to create a file in for example /usr/bin/ like mine and see if it works. In my case the camera works excellent, and gives very good video quality for the price.

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I know there's a few people who have problems with the touchpad on their thinkpads, I've got another, different problem!
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Luckily I had a USB mouse at home and I've been able to the laptop up and running, but no luck trying to get the touchpad working. I've gone through the user guide, the help guide, the lenovo website etc, but not finding anything.
When I go into the "control panel", then "hardware and sound" and select "device manager", the only "mice and other pointing devices" that I have is my HID-compliant mouse which seems to be the USB mouse. The touchpad doesn't feature at all.
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If I go through the Lenovo Solution Center, it tells me that the "ThinkPad UltraNav Pointing Device" is disabled and to fix it I need to go to the Device Manager.
But, as already said, in the device manager there's nothing I can do!
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cheers
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Hi
This notebook seems to belong to the PSAF5E series.
I wonder where you have found the drivers for this series ?:|
However, I have checked the Toshiba European page and didnt find the Vista touchpad driver especially for this series.
BUT the page provides some touchpad drivers (two drivers) for the Equium A200 PSAEE.
I would recommend installing the Alps Electric Touch Pad driver v7.0.301.4 and the Synaptics Touch Pad driver v. 9.1.14.0.
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Webcams that work with Skype 6.3

Can anywone tell me of a webcam that DOES work with Skype 6.3?
I would prefer a Logitec - I have the Logitec Quikcam Pro HD which it seems does NOT work with 6.3.
Thanks in anticipation

I definitely believe you, all mine are recognized and function. Due to "ground up" modifications to video, some compatibility was lost on versions 6.2 and above. If you want your camera to operate, you can either try release 6.5 that came out today or downgrade to 6.1. One of those should work.
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http://download.skype.com/msi/SkypeSetup_6.1.0.129.msi

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I am reading about PI 7.1 and going through eSOA architecture. What I understand is, The eSOA says that we have some out of the box services avalable from SD, for example creating a sales order. This can be exposed as a web service from R3. When this available as a web service, and if the calling application is capable of calling web services, where is the need for PI? Why do we need to use PI for SOAP to SOAP communication?
How inside out and outside in approaches are different in eSOA architecture as far as PI and R3 are considered? Can some one clear my doubts?

no, no, just hints and personnal opinion
eSOA is SOA from sap marketing point of view. It was ESA, but nobody undertood, so, they changed the name to eSOA. Don't mind about the name, it is all about to have services well organized (someone could use "orchestrated") supporting business processes. Different than having function modules published for remote use
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Software architects will be probably disapointed (at least untill PI7.0 that we have here) and start to build their own components and their own soa strategy - very hard working.
I didn't find any of called "out of the box" sap services that really match our requirements, but found many bapis and standard functinos that do that. So, most of our services are based on using many different standard functions to provide a complete service, using sometimes ccBPM, sometimes abap proxies, sometimes soap to soap, sometimes RFC, even depending on requirements, but all of them centralized at PI to help on the governance of all those services.
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Which motherboard supports i7 4930k out of the box?

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I have an MSI X79A-GD45 (8D). I bought it when it came out a few years ago - before 4930k existed. It supports 4930k, but needs a BIOS update to do so. I tried performing the BIOS update myself, and bricked the board - both BIOS A and B. I tried two methods - the downloaded file from MSI, and the Svet tool from this forum. Both methods did the same thing - the flash process completed and I also saw the updating ME version dialog. After that it reboots and fails to boot. Everything lights up for literally 1 second and shuts off, and it gets stuck repeating that over and over.
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As already covered in the other thread you managed the impossible by bricking this board. All MSI X79 boards support an Ivy Bridge E cpu out of the box if it has been manufactured after the release of the supporting bios. However still there might be boards shelved at the resellers that were manufactured before. No model has been released after Ivy Bridge E launch as X79 is already quite dated. So there is no 100% chance while it is quite likely that most new retail boards for sale now will already support Ivy Bridge. Normally one could easiely update afterwards if obviously having a Sandy cpu like you do but seems as if you are too inexperienced to do that.

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I have to declare that I’m somewhat frustrated at the moment and I could do with some good advise please bare with me while I explain.
I have recently converted from all types of PC systems and MS OS to Apple. The conversion was based on a few drivers.
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2, At the same time I had a play with Vista at work and disliked it. I was using XP & W2K at the time.
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I have reviewed the compatibility list on the support page (now I know its there) and find that the Panasonic HDC-SD5 does work. I reviewed the comprehensive detailed model spec on the Panasonic web site and there is no differences between the to models at all accept the HDD.
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*At the end of the day can anyone please recommend a VC that will produce high quality results without the need of a 3rd party software to connect and upload files convert and muck about instead of getting on with the job.*
And if all the publicised specs don’t allow you to conclude compatibility how can you protect your investment? Where do we legally stand and where is the accountability to the consumer.
<edited by host>
I am that fed up with the last 3 months of mucking about Bill Gat*es may just get me back.
Thanking anyone in anticipation for some meaning advise and help.
Regards
Alan

Hi, and thanks for you interest. The problems is that whether I'm using iMovie or FCE I get to a stage where the thumbnail image is present but if you try to play, import or any other action in either app it closes down and a message comes up " The Application Final Cut Express/iMovie quit unexpectedly - Mac OS X and other application are not affected" then asks if I wish to relaunch. I then hit the report to Apple button and afterwards relaunch. I was recommended to use Voltaic which I have tried, it worked but is to much mucking about for something that should work out of the box.
This problem happens on both the iMAC and the MacBook so quite sure it's not a OS software issue. All software update are up to date also.
Any ideas?

Webcam *only* works in Skype

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I didn't have to do anything to get it working before but I figured that might have changed. So I started to work my way through the webcam wiki page but I've got a bit stuck.
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Bus 002 Device 004: ID 064e:e285 Suyin Corp.
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Note that I do not know with which kernel I last tested the webcam successfully - I just know it was working "a while ago" and isn't now.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I am in the video group and that the permissions on /dev/video0 are:
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Apr 29 00:50 /dev/video0
getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
# file: dev/video0
# owner: root
# group: video
user::rw-
user:<me>:rw-
group::rw-
mask::rw-
other::---
EDIT 2: I just realised that the output of lsmod | grep v4l in the post I linked looks rather different from mine. The output there includes lines for v4l2_common, videodev and i2c_core whereas I get only one line for a 32 bit compatibility module:
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 8348 1 videodev
I don't know if this is just because things have changed in later kernels or if this is a clue as to what might be wrong.
EDIT 3: Really confused now. It turns out the camera works in Skype complete with LED, picture etc. So I now have the camera working in Skype (which I can't use because I can't figure the mic out) but not elsewhere.
I assume this has something to do with the fact that Skype is 32bit? Is it possible to get the camera working generally in 64bit and 32bit applications (assuming that really is the problem)?
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Unable to get my webcam to work with Skype

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I would like to add a webcam on an iMac G5. As iSight does not exist anymore could someone recommend a camera that works out of the box (=fully supported by Mac OS X). I would avoid using software like Macam and iChatUSBCam if possible...
I have found on the iChatUSBCam webpage that Mac OS X (>10.4.3) has built-in driver for the "Logitech QuickCam PRO 5000". Could someone confirm?
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Might be in their catalogue but not on their web site HERE
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"...these guys aren't going to give you a break."
Not sure what you mean by that Nick. All I advised was to allow Apple to take care of it.
Beth, it does seem like you have had a run of bad luck. I don't know what to say other than call either the store and ask for the manager or call AppleCare and ask that your case be escalated to a second tier rep. Whatever you do, be calm, be firm, and be polite and I am sure that things will get taken care of.
Do let us know how it works out. I for one am interested in how this plays out for you. Honestly.
BTW, as an aside, it is possible that your thread is getting less views and less of a response because of the filtered language in your title. While I certainly do understand your frustration, there really is no need to be like that on a peer support forum. We are not Apple employees and your frustration with Apple is misdirected here.
Just a thought and take it in the friendly spirit in which it is honestly intended.
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