{"id":1421,"date":"2012-11-17T12:53:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-17T10:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2012-11-27T14:22:07","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T12:22:07","slug":"skype-6-0-0-126-improved-support-for-video-devices-for-richer-user-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/1421","title":{"rendered":"Skype 6.0.0.126: improved support for video devices for richer user experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new release of Skype is out there, version 6.0.0.126:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Metro look on the main (roster) window &#8211; good job!<\/li>\n<li>Broken compatibility with software (virtual) video capture devices &#8211; good job!<\/li>\n<li>Broken compatibility with some of hardware capture devices &#8211; good job!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Image003.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Skype Version\" width=\"501\" height=\"454\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Image003.png 501w, https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Image003-320x289.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While stripping virtual video devices in favor of true cameras, to avoid issues, might be intentional (though it would still be hard to justify anyway), the update also screwed the operation with a true hardware WDM driver backed PCI video capture board&#8230; Nice &#8211; with a dozen of cameras around the table I no longer have a single one compatible with Skype.<\/p>\n<p>A little bit of hackery brings virtual DirectShow sources back to life, including those created by <a href=\"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/1223\">IP Video Source<\/a>, however the issue is clearly Skype&#8217;s: I have no intention to work it around, let&#8217;s hope Skype guys are given some piece of mind to fix that soon.<\/p>\n<p>Be aware and <strong>DO NOT UPGRADE<\/strong> if operation of virtual video source in Skype is is essential!<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: There is an open <a href=\"https:\/\/jira.skype.com\/browse\/SCW-3881\">issue<\/a> on Skype&#8217;s tracker for the virtual camera compatibility.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Image002.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"StartDot IP Camera on Skype via IP Video Source\" width=\"716\" height=\"612\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Image002.png 716w, https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Image002-320x273.png 320w, https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Image002-701x600.png 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new release of Skype is out there, version 6.0.0.126: Metro look on the main (roster) window &#8211; good job! Broken compatibility with software (virtual) video capture devices &#8211; good job! Broken compatibility with some of hardware capture devices &#8211; good job! While stripping virtual video devices in favor of true cameras, to avoid issues,&hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/1421\">Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[78,412,155,486],"class_list":["post-1421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utilities","tag-directshow","tag-ip-video-source","tag-skype","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}