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microphone not working in skype

Asked by Daniel Cornea

Hi all, my built in mic does not work in ubuntu 10.10, microphone works, but when doing calls in skype it is down.
Any help would be apreciated,

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Does it work in sound recorder?

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Daniel Cornea (danok-cornea) said : 		#2

yes it does work, oh forgot to mention I use a thinkpad edge 13 AMD

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Try:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

See if it helps.

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Daniel Cornea (danok-cornea) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

I recommend you add an alias in ~/.bashrc

add the line:

alias skype='LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype'

And it should be ok