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Skype for Linux video fix tutorial. Adding V4l1 compatability for your older webcam.

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(Use these along with the video to get the job done faster)

Click to download libv4l-0.5.8.tar

Terminal Commands to install libv4l-0.5.8.tar:  
make
make install PREFIX=/usr/local

Copy and Past skypescript
(***Change the 3rd line to reflect the correct path to skype executable in your system.

#!/bin/bash
 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
/home/user/directory/skype_static-2.0.0.72/skype
exit