SKYPE ON C650

[coyotee]

It seems there's a new version of the cam : http://shop.skype.com/intl/fr/webcams/t ... g-stc2000/
Bit cheaper than the previous one (STC1100) : 99euros
anybody tried this one on a C series (I've got a PS50C65000 with skypeapp installed thanks to the post here http://wiki.samygo.tv/index.php5/Samsun ... pe_Cameras)

[UPDATE] I bought a STC1100 from amazon.fr @ 32euros !!!! (38,60 including shipping)
For those who are interrested : http://www.amazon.fr/Samsung-CY-STC1100 ... pd_cp_ce_0

Fr3d

Hello! I am just wondering where did you get that price (32?) for that camera, now it is somewhere around 100?. Does anyone now if that new webcam samsung-vg-stc2000 works on LE C650 ?

thanks...

[zeqineja]

anyone using the samsung new STC2000 webcam with UExxC6700? I read some reports on older STC1100 working OK. I got a STC2000 but can't get it recognized by Skype on my UE40C6700 (set as C6800 to enable PVR). Upgraded firmware up to latest T-VALDEUC-3015.0, but it won't work. Any thought?

OK, here's the news: STC2000 definitely doesn't work on C series. Sent it back to Amazon, got a STC1100 that works perfectly!

[jartukovic]

Ok, here is my report

I was on the 3009 firmware with PVR activated and following instructions by starting HTTP server on my computer i was able
to download Skype widget to TV and it updated it self automatically. Tried to receive a call and it worked (without camera).
Reading these posts i tought that maybe the camera drivers (for the new cameras "VG-STC2000 and VG-STC3000 ) are contained in the firmware updates
so i downloaded T-VALDEUC_3015.0 firmware and updated the TV, after which i didn't lose PVR and Skype.
I found one VG-STC3000 in the near store and borrowed it to try will it work thinking that with the latest firmware it will but it didn't.
So regarding T-VALDEUC_3015.0 firmware i can confirm that camera VG-STC3000 doesn't work!
Maybe the drivers for the newer cameras are contained in the new Skype app (that i don't have - dead links- and which is about 12 MB).
I still have to try camera VG-STC2000 on newest firmware but currently there is none on stock in town.
If someone have succeeded in installing newer Skype app please post it (and explain it) and i will try again the VG-STC3000 with new app.
In the meantime i'm waiting for the VG-STC2000 to come to town so i can try it with this latest firmware and "old" Skype app.

[jartukovic]

Just wanted to let you know that i wasn able to find VG-STC2000 to try it, and i didnt want to buy it and then find that it maybe doesnt work.
So i found a very good deal on ebay for CY-STC1100 and got the camera.
The camera works and i was impressed with microphone and light sensitivity but i was not pleased with viewable angle which is narrow,
and to mount it on LE40C650 is not really easy to find the way how to mount it.

[BoneStorm]

Hi guys,

I'm joining the party a bit late but luckily got hold of a CY-STC1100. Any chance to upload the skype app again as all sources I found in this tread and the wiki article disappeared in the mist of time. Thanks a mil for you support.

[jartukovic]

Here you go

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http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/55693436/file.html

[BoneStorm]

Thank you jartukovic!

With the binaries in place installing skype on my C650 was straight forward following the excellent wiki article.

* extracted the content to some local web server
* created the widgetslist.xml in-line with the wiki article
* followed the rest of the article
* done, works like charm!

[jartukovic]

The only problem that i have is that if i leave the camera pluged in during night the nex day when i turn on the tv everything is laggy, changing channels or anything else, after tun off and back on, everything is ok.
Does anyone have problem like this ?

[BoneStorm]

I have a switchable power bar and turn everything completely off when not in use. Sending the TV to standby and resume 3 mins later did not result in your observed behavior. Maybe it is worth to note that I configured the Skype app to start/register when the app loads not when the TV boots. Hope it helps.

[beatfreak]

(re-up), still works, tested today on UExxC6500