I just got an invitation for Google+, the video conference feature "hangout" is the first feature I checked out, and unfortunately the webcam is not working, the mic and speakers work ok.
When I started it, it recquired me to install a new version of Google Talk plugin 2.1.7.0.
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It seems that now the gmail chat and the chat within empathy( that used to work) does not work either.
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in the settings of the webcam in google hangout window my only option, is gspca driver.
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Notice that my cam had problems with skype, and I had to go around it by
env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype
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How can I make it work?
Best Answer
I have wrote this little script according the instructions suggested by @suli8.
If you save it to a file (lets call it apply-googletalk-v4l1-workaround.sh, but can be anything), then you could apply it by:
This might help in avoiding small mistakes.
I have seen in an above comment that the workaround made Google Talk stop working in Gmail. I guess it was because of some small error in executing the steps. Using this script might avoid that error.