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On Thursday, June 18, 2020 9:09:08 AM CEST William Kenworthy wrote: |
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> On 18/6/20 2:23 pm, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> > On Thursday, June 18, 2020 7:58:00 AM CEST William Kenworthy wrote: |
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> >> Hi all, |
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> >> I ve just installed MS-Teams from portage and do not have webcam |
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> >> |
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> >> video (it sees the USB code, but gives a black screen). I also tried |
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> >> the linux download from MS and it behaves the same. The camera works |
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> >> fine in teams on chromium, Firefox, zoom etc. under the same user. |
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> >> |
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> >> Has anyone any suggestions ? |
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> >> |
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> >> BillK |
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> > |
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> > Hi Bill, |
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> > I have been using MS Teams on Linux for over a couple of months now and |
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> > the |
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> > camera does work for me. |
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> > |
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> > The settings I have are: |
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> > - User added to the groups "audio", "video" and "usb" |
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> > |
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> > In Teams, I did have to configure the devices, the settings can be found |
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> > by |
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> > clicking on your "avatar", top-right of the window with your initials. |
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> > (Mine says JR) |
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> > Then select "Settings" and go to "Devices" |
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> > I seem to remember it didn't auto-select my camera, but the preview |
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> > should, |
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> > when selected, actually work. |
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> > Here you can also select a headset as audio-device. |
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> > Also, make sure there is nothing else using the camera at the same time. |
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> > Do take note, the Linux version is lacking several features that the other |
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> > "native" clients have. Notably: |
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> > - Only 4 camera-views at the same time (instead of 9, I believe) |
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> > - No background-blur or image |
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> > This means, you only get to show your real background or leave the camera |
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> > off/ covered. |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > Joost |
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> > |
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> Thanks Joost, looks like I am out of luck - just a black screen in preview |
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> (I am presuming that means it wont work in a real conference). It finds |
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> the camera automaticly (no error messages) and is acting like its |
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> actually working ... but just a black screen. |
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> oh well, it will be Chromium again tomorrow :( |
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Strange, are you sure the camera is not covered? |
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Also, it does take a little bit for the camera picture to actually show on my |
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laptop. Maybe wait a little? |
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And did you close all other applications that might be using the camera? (Like |
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the browsers and such?) |
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Joost |
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