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