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** Package changed: ubuntu => skype (Ubuntu)

** Description changed:

  My webcam was working well in previous releases of Ubuntu. It also worked well after installation of 12.04 and I could use it with skype for video chats, but It doesn't work after I installed VLC.  When I open skype options to test the camera, the camera is recognized but when I click "test" all I get is a blank screen.
- I tried uninstalling vlc from my system but the problem persists.
+ I tried uninstalling vlc from my system but the problem persists. This problem is most likely due to a conflict between low level video/ webcam libraries used both by mywebcam/skype and vlc.
  
- when I tried the following: 
+ when I tried the following:
  LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
- I got: 
+ I got:
  libv4l2: error setting pixformat: Device or resource busy

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Title:
  webcam camera not working after installing vlc

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