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| Guest | can't get webcam to work? I am on Vista Enterprise and Messenger 2008 Build 8.5.1302.1018. I am able to chat with people fine, but I am unable to share or view webcam. I can accept and hear voice clips. If I look at the webcam setup, I can "see" myself, etc. So I think my webcam is ok. But when I share or try and accept someone else sharing, it first says it is loading, then says waiting to connect and just spins and spins. I am at work behind a firewall. Is webcam using a different port or doing something different that the rest of messenger functionality (or at least basic chat and voice recording sharing) isn't? I'm not sure if I can share files or not. Is there a setting I can change to try and get around a firewall issue? OH... I AM able to see someone elses webcam when I'm home, so I am fairly certain this is a firewall port kind of issue. (I have not tried to share my webcam from home yet.) Just wondering since I can do other things in chat if there is just a setting I'm missing to help with Firewall issues. Thank you for your help! |
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| Guest | Re: can't get webcam to work? Greetings, Webcam connection is separate from file transfer and voice clips -- it can't operate on the standard server connection so any proxy or firewall can block it and cause it to not function. I assume you're at work or something? If so, then there probably isn't much you can do. Messenger automatically tries a direct connection and then a relay (although obviously if the relay is being blocked, then it's a no-go). -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "SharinDenver" <SharinDenver@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:0EBDA6D2-E37F-42F2-954C-6DC511D29172@xxxxxx
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