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My HP Webcam Does Not Work

Asked by Conan Librarian

My HP Webcam does not work in Ekiga

Here is the description from Device Manager:

Model: HP Webcam
Subsystem: video4linux

I am running 10.04.1 LTS (Lucid Lynx) on an HP TouchSmart tx2-1020us with an AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-82 2.20GHz.

Please help.

Michael

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Mario Tomljenović (tomljenovicmario) said : 		#1

Hi!

Please open Edit > Preferences in Ekiga, then click on Video > Devices, and try to change Input Device.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

Do you have already tried your webcam with the cheese package...?

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Conan Librarian (conan-lib) said : 		#3

@Mario

I tried try to change Input Device from Edit > Preferences | Video > Devices and found my two choices as:

HP Webcam (PTLIB/V4L)
HP Webcam (PTLIB/V4L2)

Switching to either setting did not help.

@Marco

I do not know what the "cheese package" is? Can you clarify?

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Conan Librarian (conan-lib) said : 		#4

@ Marco

I looked up the cheese package, found it in Synaptics package manager, installed it and it works! I was able to take a photograph using it. Why would my webcam work with this cheese package yet not with Ekiga?

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Mario Tomljenović (tomljenovicmario) said : 		#5

@ Conan

Mark option View > Show call panel, then try again to switch between devices in Edit > Preferences | Video > Devices. You can also mark all options in Preferences > Video > Codecs.

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Conan Librarian (conan-lib) said : 		#6

@Mario

Your suggestion:

"Mark option View > Show call panel, then try again to switch between devices in Edit > Preferences | Video > Devices. You can also mark all options in Preferences > Video > Codecs."

has not worked for getting webcam connection using Ekiga. However, I am able to take snapshots using the Cheese Webcam Booth.

@ All

Since I have connection to my webcam to take snapshots I consider my problem solved for now. I reserve the option to revisit this issue when I wish to explore videoconferencing.

Thanks for your help.