Logitech Communicator STX Webcam vs. Ubuntu (64bit) & Skype 2.1
There are many tutorials out there solving the problem by making Skype use Video for Linux version 1 drivers instead of version 2, as that particular webcam does not seem to get along with the newer version. It boils down to the following lines:
Create a file in /usr/local/bin/skype and insert
#!/bin/bash LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype
Finally, make it executable by sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/skype
Use this file to start Skype from now on. Done.
But not for me. Skype refused to eat it: ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
Until I finally found this one here.
Just to cut a long story short, here is why: all the other solutions work for 32bit Linux only — but hey, I do not have any of my old laptop’s potential to be wasted — I am running 64bit Ubuntu (tested with version 9.10 and 10.10 64bit). And with a minor tweak, the fix will work for you, too. 
Install the video4linux libraries:
sudo apt-get install lib32v4l-0
And change /usr/local/bin/skype to
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype
Its just about the “32″ — and one good example more of why you should put meaningful error messages in whatever software!
Thanks Eoin Murphy.
Dream Worlds — Traumwelten
This movie was a big challenge for me, because although I was the worst drawer in the whole group for sure, I got the chance to do the drawings for the movie. Some sleepless nights with a pencil, quite some sheets of paper and some pots of fruit tea — but finally, this small movie became something beautiful and unique and I ended up quite happy and proud . The video part and the coloration of the drawn part was done by collegues.
Ikarus
My first movie! A stop-motion movie about a bird. It is horribly much work — approximately one hour to do one second of film, but it would always do it again!
But see yourself below!