Skype Video on Ubuntu

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Logitech USB:
$ lsusb
...
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:08d9 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam IM/Connect
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c31d Logitech, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:c05b Logitech, Inc.
It works with v4l2
sudo gstreamer-properties
But Skype 2.2Beta failed to show video. The workaround:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype

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