I set up Kubuntu 13.10 on my roommate's old Lenovo laptop (formerly a Windows XP machine). It has a Celeron processor and has 2 GB of RAM (upgraded by the previous owner from either 512 MB or 1 GB, don't know which). Kubuntu's running great. It does not have a built-in web cam, but we used a USB-based Logitech C510 web cam. To my surprise, I did not need to install a driver. It worked out of the box. I tested it at www.testwebcam.com. We tested a Skype conversation from my Skype account to his. On his laptop we were able to get a good video transmission, but the audio was such poor quality that it's unusable. It completely breaks up. I tried adjusting the volume levels both in Kubuntu and in Skype, but the audio was awful no matter what. I played a Youtube video in Firefox and the audio quality was perfectly fine.
Any ideas?
Edit: One other quick question. I also tried his web cam on my newer Lenovo, but I could not get it to work instead of the built-in web cam that comes with this thing. How would I use the USB-based cam instead of the built-in one?
Any ideas?
Edit: One other quick question. I also tried his web cam on my newer Lenovo, but I could not get it to work instead of the built-in web cam that comes with this thing. How would I use the USB-based cam instead of the built-in one?
Comment