I installed Ubuntu 14.04 64bit on an Asus k50fa. When I use the webcam on Skype the video is upside down and on cheese is working fine. The webcam is the one built in with the laptop.
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3ideasonboard.org/uvc/#footnote-3 "This camera module is known to be mounted upside-down in some notebooks. Applications that use the libv4l library should display the video correctly, as libv4l detects upside-down cameras and rotates the image automatically... ...For applications that don't use libv4l, try holding your computer upside-down."– MateoAug 22, 2014 at 0:04
2 Answers
Fix for Skype Video upside Down. My machine is an ASUS 64 bit running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, I got these commands from some one that posted it and I can't find his name now but it worked. Go to terminal and type:
sudo apt-get install libv4l-0:i386
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
edit the Exec=
line to make it look like this:
Exec=sh -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so env PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 skype %U'
Thats it. Run skype from the launcher by clicking it.
Note: if you run Skype from the terminal, or from the startup applications the web cam will still be upside down.
If you really need it to run it from the terminal, i recommend you to create an executable to preload the v4l1compat.so (to make the flip application and put it in /bin/flip
)
Power PC down and bring back up then Skype will be fixed. Your done./ Phil Thanks to the person I got this from just can't find his name at this time.
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Yes, it was a good answer, but only until 2017. Since Skype 8 this trick will never work again. Jun 16, 2018 at 16:53
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2I had to use an updated version of this line for ubuntu 18.04 on an asus laptop:
Exec=sh -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so env PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 /usr/bin/skypeforlinux %U'
and it worked, thank you! Apr 19, 2020 at 19:13 -
Since, the Skype version 8 and above is basically a web app, the old trick with libv4l
library will no longer work. I've lost many hours to just find out it's not possible anymore.
So since the software solution doesn't exist, I went towards a hardware one.
I've bought an external web camera... and it works flawlessly.
Moreover: I finally realized that built-in camera in Asus K-series laptops was of exceptionally low quality. My external one is sooo much better. Finally, after many years, my callers can see me clearly, and more importantly: correctly :-)
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2You need a correct file for the libv4l trick to work. Solution from this answer still works: askubuntu.com/a/991956/2509– takeshinAug 4, 2018 at 11:52
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Nope. Been there, done that. Trick with libv4l still doesn't work. It simply cannot, because newest Skype is a browser-based app. Aug 7, 2018 at 7:52
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