On Thursday, June 18, 2020 7:58:00 AM CEST William Kenworthy wrote: > Hi all, > > I ve just installed MS-Teams from portage and do not have webcam > video (it sees the USB code, but gives a black screen). I also tried > the linux download from MS and it behaves the same. The camera works > fine in teams on chromium, Firefox, zoom etc. under the same user. > > Has anyone any suggestions ? > > BillK
Hi Bill, I have been using MS Teams on Linux for over a couple of months now and the camera does work for me. The settings I have are: - User added to the groups "audio", "video" and "usb" In Teams, I did have to configure the devices, the settings can be found by clicking on your "avatar", top-right of the window with your initials. (Mine says JR) Then select "Settings" and go to "Devices" I seem to remember it didn't auto-select my camera, but the preview should, when selected, actually work. Here you can also select a headset as audio-device. Also, make sure there is nothing else using the camera at the same time. Do take note, the Linux version is lacking several features that the other "native" clients have. Notably: - Only 4 camera-views at the same time (instead of 9, I believe) - No background-blur or image This means, you only get to show your real background or leave the camera off/ covered. -- Joost
