Comment 54 for bug 120434

unfortunately this fix didn't do it. i still get doubled :(ugly) face
with skype, though cheese&xawtv are ok. any other hint are veryvery
wellcome!
cheers
i
PS: sony vaio vgn-tz170n
2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

JGJones wrote:
> Video showing strangely in Skype?
>
> This is due to the codec running only in 640x480 - there's a bug with
> the resizing of video size I believe but there is a workaround for
> Skype.
>
> Go to ~/.Skype and in your username folder - there is a file -
> config.xml.
>
> Make a backup copy of it.
>
> Now edit the file and add this:
>
> <Video>
> <CaptureHeight>480</CaptureHeight>
> <CaptureWidth>640</CaptureWidth>
> </Video>
>
> Put it in between the <Lib></Lib> section (I put it at the bottom in my
> case)
>
> Start up Skype. This might fix it for you if your video is strange. As a
> workaround, I'm happy enough with this until things improve.
>
> Cheers
>

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