On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> yes you should be able to change it back again easily, all you are doing >> is changing the video output, affecting video playback. you can check if >> your device has xv by running >> xvinfo | grep ports > > Thanks again, this command give no return at all. > > I now realise the vdeo options I listed are not for the device but for > the plugins, the device options are greyed out , but reads > unsupported. > > Can I assume that I don't have any xv ports and this is the problem. > Is the obvious starting point to load the Matrox drivers, which I > haven't done as except for the Skype issue, everything seems to be > working fine. > > Graham > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
Hi Graham, this may or may not be of any use, but I had to fiddle my webcam in skype using gstfakevideo. I wrote a small howto which you can find here: http://www.ilovemylinux.com/node/19 It might be worth something, but YMMV --Michael _________________________________ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
