Skype and Web Cameras

Following the recent [http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/beta/ release] of a beta version of Skype that has support for video calling, this page will give a list of webcams that have been tested on Skype, and other details. This may differ from the list of webcams working in general on Ubuntu, given [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCameras here]. For general webcam issues see [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam here].

Instructions for Contributing to the Lists

* To find out the device ID of your webcam, type lsusb in a terminal window. This will list all USB devices. Try to find the relevant line. The ID then appears after "ID" on that line, in the form xxxx:xxxx where the 'x's are numbers or letters.

* If your webcam is working on some applications other than Skype 2.0 beta, then it would be useful to know what particular driver your webcam is using. To find out, type lsmod | grep videodev. The driver name will appear on the line starting with "videodev".

List of Webcams that 'Just Work'

List of 'Fiddle to Get Working' Webcams

List of Non-Working Webcams

Additional Notes about Video on Skype

You may need to modify the "Sound in" device in the "Sound devices" options menu, to point to USB device (as appropriate) instead of Default. Likewise, ensure that video input is correctly defined.

TODO

If this page gets enough useful information, we might want the following pages to link to it, because people wanting that information might look there first:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCameras