Video was working with skype 2.5 versions at home as well as
at work (It still does work with openwengo)

As far as I remember it DID work with early skype 2.6 BETAS at
home and at work.

It does NOT work anymore with the newest skype 2.6 BETA (2.6.0.97)
neither at work nor at home.

Strangely if I go to skype options and test the web cam it works! (of
course video is enabled!) And if I call videoecho123 it works!

If I am calling someone with or without webcam (both tested) he/she
does see a black screen and I see just nothing, all white, not even
myself (as I was used to)

Is there a workaround?

specs:
I am using a logitech webcam with the newest driver at work on a 3 Mhz
Pentium 4 with 1 Gig RAM, Direct X 9.0; at home I have a Dell inspiron
8200 1.7 Mhz Pentium Mobile with 512 MB RAM with a Hercules Webcam,
newest driver, Direct X 9.0.

please check whether this bug has already been reported in database: https://developer.skype.com/jira/

If not please report it., you need to create an account using your skype account details.
Thanks!

I could not create an account, it was not accepting my skype password.

The forum is accepting it and I did not find a post so I dropped the message here.

The bug filed there was with an older version and I did not find a "known issue" so I thought it is maybe a good idea to make here a post that the problem (still or again?) exists with a newer version.

I'm having almost the same problem. The difference is that even if I call videoecho123 the video doesn't work. Skype Staff do something about this issue

I have the same. Here is a little more detail:

On Friday last week it worked in a call between me and a friend. I used 2.6.0.97 and he used 2.5

In the call I asked him to update to version 2.6.0.97 too as I thought there were some improvements. So we closed the call, he updated and we called again and oops, the video did not work anymore.

So what I saying is the video worked in 2.6.0.97 as long as my partner used 2.5 but since both are using the latest 2.6 video doesn't work anymore. Test video works though.

In my case it doesn't matter what version me and my friends are using - I still don't have video

In my case I am the only one on Beta, all others use 2.5.something

Hi guys. I have told Raul about this thread and the Jira login problem & bug(s) and he will check it out tomorrow.

I'm so angry!!!
I tried the new version of the BETA (2.6.0.103) but my video still doesn't work! I downloaded Skype 2.5.0.146 and my video works perfect but I don't want to stay with this dead version - I like the new features of 2.6 but I hate it because I don't have video.
Skype Staff believe me that the problem is not in my system because everything works with 2.5 . The problem is in 2.6 (97 and 103). I know that you're going to say that this is a BETA release ( I know what "BETA" means) but even if this is a BETA your job is to fix such problems.
I don't want to sound rude but don't forget that there are other programs like Skype who offer video calls.
Don't think of this as a threat but if you don't fix this problem I'll be forced to leave Skype no matter how good is the sound quality!

Please fix this video problem!!!!

Hello, maybe you can try reporting the bug above and jira works for you after sign up? Screenshots and Log file (.log and .trace) are required .

This will be required in any case, otherwise it cannot be fixed.

Thanks

Please there is no reason for getting upset. If you would have looked at the change log http://skype.com/download/skype/windows/changelog.html then you would have noticed that there is no bugfix for video.

Please describe your problem little bit more in detail.

It is not possible do to anything if you just sya it does not work.

What webcam do you use?
Is it detected?
Does Skype video test work?
What OS do you use?

Well some of the questions are already answered in my top post.


Work:
Logitech Quickcam Express

Home(Dell Inspiron):
Hercules deluxe webcam:
http://www.hercules.com/showpage.php?swcty...amp;b=0&f=0



Yes both are detected in skype options.



Yes as does videoecho. As I told before videoconference was working with older skype betas (sorry that I dont remember which number) and for sure with skype 2.5.x before I downloaded the Beta...

When I call someone I see a blank white screen, I dont even see the usual video window where one does see himself...



work: Windows XP Professional latest SP
home: Windows XP home latest SP.

Does it work with your skype beta?

Sgrosse, please file a bug in Jira with log files as Nafcon described.

This is what I still cannot do since it does still not accept my password. It says:
"Your Skype username and/or password was incorrect." which is wrong...

We will investigate this issue with login.

Hi there,

I hope that will help: http://share.skype.com/sites/devzone/2006/...ms_no_more.html

Let me know here.

Regards,

Antoine

Yeah thanks Ants, that did help. Maybe I should leave a comment here:

If someone has done a reset to the skypepassword (s)he should set a new password in the skype client THIS password will then work.

Thanks.

Hope the videoissue will be resolved that fast

Have you submitted this issue on devzone? I'm asking because this would help us to track progress and to vote for the issue to be handled with priority. If so, please share the issue number here. Thanks.

After I was able to log into JIRA I added a comment. The issue is already filed there as I believe:
scw-42 and scw-107

as of now the developers (through Raul Liive) should have several log files.

Why is so quiet here? Have you forgotten about the "no video" problem in 2.6.0.10x? I have to say that I didn't forget!!!
I'm using 2.6.0.105 and I still don't have video. I'm maybe repeating myself but all of my friends who have webcams (and even people without webcams) and upgraded to 2.6.0.97 or later version can't send and can't receive video!!!The big surprise is that the "test webcam" works!!!
I even reinstalled my OS and installed my drivers again but the "no video" problem persists!!! I sent log files ( I hope I'm not the only one) to Raul Liive but he didn't respond.

Skype Staff are you working on this issue?

In cases of doubts: PM Raul Liive. He reads and replies to everything he sees there.

Couple of weeks ago I had a chat with him I and sent him my log files. I don't know why but he stopped responding so I think that if I PM him I'm only going to annoy him.Please try to understand me. Why don't you remind him about this issue?

Sure. Send me an email (the Skype forum allows that at my profile) with the URL, etc and I will pass it on to him

Same problems here, with 2.6.0.103. Seems every beta has this problems. I can't receive video from the stable skype release (2.5.x) and they can't see me also.

zBoost can you please describe your problem bit more?

Kalin we are working on your issue.

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+
RAM: 1GB
OS: Windows XP SP2

Skype ver: 2.6.0.103

The video was working before, when I was using the previous (non beta versions). I upgraded to the Beta and when my friends call me, they use 2.5 latest, I only see theyr picture as an ordinary call without a webcam. But the other party has enabled the webcam, I asked them if they are. That's it.

Have you enabled video calls?

Does Skype recognizes your webcam?

Can you try to call videoecho123, does it work?

I'm very happy to hear that you're working on my issue .
Raul I'm very sorry if I annoyed you with my problem. I want to apologize to you if somehow I insulted you.

Right now I don't have my webcam. Yes, It was recognized. I have enabled video calls, and didn't work. This is skype issue as I see there are other people with the same problem. I had been calling the videoecho123 service and it didn't showed nothing.
Maybe it will be fine after the 2.6 stable release.

As a general note. You can see here that Skype is constantly working on improving Skype Video. It's even made a sticky by Customer Support.

zBoost what webcam you have?

Does Skype video test work correctly for you?

Video does not work for me either.
I use Amitech Web Camera
It works fine in the test window in skype.
But in a call, it does not work.
Sometimes a grey/black window appears - the container for the video.
But no video.

Using 2.6.0.105
Please fix it

Raul, many people are experiencing this problem - does this prove to you that Skype is guilty not we (the users)?

amews_aj please start different thread with your problem.

Kalin it's not so easy and in the end there is no difference who is guilty, matters that if problem will get solved or not.

Where do you think the problem could be?

Well,
even though my problem was exactly the same as in this thread, I did make a new topic as you told me:
http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=67799

Kalin, I dont understand wh you are that uneasy about that problem. 2.5 series of skype does work perfect with video. Beta versions always have some things not working or are buggy/crashing. So if you need video simply switch back to "stable" 2.5 and wait for final 2.6 release.

Since so many people experience the same problem with the beta I am sure skype developers experience those problems themselves and do something about it. Since finding the error is sometimes annoyingly difficult the more complex the code gets I would say: easy goin' mate!

Sorry if it sounds harsh, but: Beta = unfinished test version with may contain still bugs!
If you have a problem with that, return to the latest final.

2.6 has some features I really like and that's why I'm so pushy. The audio is great, the live tab, the skypecast controls in the client, and 2.6 looks more friendly that 2.5! The video was working in the PREVIEW and the early BETA-s but now all of a sudden it stopped. The last BETA with which I had video was 2.6.0.81. It drives me crazy that the change log doesn't say anything about video changes in 2.6.0.97 , 2.6.0.103 , 2.6.0.105 but since the 0.97 came the video problem occurred. Do you understand me now?

Well, so you have to stick with 2.6.0.81 till it got fixed, again.
Being pushy won't help you at all.
As far as I know, there are not so many "feauture differences" between .105 and .81.

If I'm not pushy then how can Skype Staff be aware of this problem to fix it? When I said the word "pushy" I meant to say that I write so much about this issue because I want to be sure that it's going to be solved.