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Skype, camera upside down, MINT 14 MATE

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:37 am
by Enna
Hi all,

an old problem in the new version, I had this before, but the old ways to fix it don't work anymore.

Skype Version 4.1.0.20
Linux Mint 14 MATE
ASUS K70-AD

Camera is upside down in Skype (not in Cheese), how can I turn it?

Thanks guys!
Cheers,
Enna

Re: Skype, camera upside down, sound weird MINT 14 MATE

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:56 pm
by Enna
Hello, hello? Does really no one have an idea? Or at least a link to another post which might help---?

Thanks!

Re: Skype, camera upside down, MINT 14 MATE

Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 3:44 am
by Enna
the skype community forum is not very active, but i tried. thanks!

http://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/Asu ... -p/1367289
http://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/Cam ... e2887a32e0

it is a problem with asus... not skype.

Re: Skype, camera upside down, MINT 14 MATE

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:45 pm
by kanbano
I found this link which helped me:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1984328

Here's what I did:
1. in a terminal type:

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sudo gedit /usr/local/bin/skype
Paste this into the text file:

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#!/bin/bash
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
/usr/bin/skype %U
3. Save the file. Close gedit.

4. Enter the following into the terminal:

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sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/skype
5. right-click on the Menu button on your panel.

6. Alter the Skype shortcut to launch "/usr/local/bin/skype" instead of "skype %U"

This should run fine. Note, I am running X86_64 Linux Mint 14 w/ Cinnamon.

Re: Skype, camera upside down, MINT 14 MATE

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:32 am
by Enna
Thanks so much for your reply. It doesn't work forme, (also using Cinnamon now). But hope this will help others.

Cheers!
Enna

PS: Using GoogleTalk plug in now and works fine!

Re: Skype, camera upside down, MINT 14 MATE

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:28 am
by thestoryiheard
It works for me (thanks to kanbano) on Linux Mint 15.

Thank you.