I was experiencing similar problems to those described above. Both Skype and PulseAudio see my VF0380 Live! Cam Optia Pro (Creative), but I get neither working microphone or working video in Skype. I have sound and I have verified my settings in Skype. I changed video to the Optia Pro. I have an HDTV card too that Skype originally mistakenly selected, but that was an easy fix. I get know microphone input response from the Skype call testing call.
I was experiencing similar problems to those described above. Both Skype and PulseAudio see my VF0380 Live! Cam Optia Pro (Creative), but I get neither working microphone or working video in Skype. I have sound and I have verified my settings in Skype. I changed video to the Optia Pro. I have an HDTV card too that Skype originally mistakenly selected, but that was an easy fix. I get know microphone input response from the Skype call testing call.
I installed the below kernel:
http:// kernel. ubuntu. com/~kernel- ppa/mainline/ v3.5-rc7- quantal/
This did not fix the problem for me. Please let me know if you would like additional information/ diagnostic data.
Thanks for your effort for us users!
Bud