On Thursday, June 18, 2020 9:09:08 AM CEST William Kenworthy wrote: > On 18/6/20 2:23 pm, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > 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 > > > > Thanks Joost, looks like I am out of luck - just a black screen in preview > (I am presuming that means it wont work in a real conference). It finds > the camera automaticly (no error messages) and is acting like its > actually working ... but just a black screen. > oh well, it will be Chromium again tomorrow :(
Strange, are you sure the camera is not covered? Also, it does take a little bit for the camera picture to actually show on my laptop. Maybe wait a little? And did you close all other applications that might be using the camera? (Like the browsers and such?) -- Joost
