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I recently upgraded Skype to version 2.1.0.81, and since then I've been having troubles with my web cam (Microsoft Lifecam NX-6000). The camera would work in other applications, and Skype would detect it but couldn't grab the image either in the test or in an actual call. I stumbled upon this post and creating a simple wrapper to change the LD_PRELOAD environment variable seems to have worked. The entire script is:

#/bin/bash

export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so

/usr/bin/skype

and the camera now works if I run run_skype. Don't forget to make the script executable!