Vista - Webcam problems WLM 9 Final

I have downloaded the newest driver for my webcam. Ik have contact with
peopel who also use WLM 9 final. Still i Cannot connect with webcam or can
not see my own webcam. In teh webcamscreen si a red cross showing. My contact
can see me at that moment.
Strange ! Who can help ?

Ik heb de nieuwste driver voor de webcam. Ik heb contact met mensen diie ook
WLM 9 final hebben. En nog zie ik bij mezelf een rood kruis in het venster
van de webcam. En dat terwijl de ander mij wel kan zien. Ik kan mezelf dus
niet zien.

bijzonder vreemd ! wie weet een oplossing ????
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Wim Jansen

Greetings Wim,

There was a new version of Messenger released on Friday, which supposedly should have some
fixes for these webcam issues. You both should upgrade to the latest version to see if that
helps at all:
http://download.live.com

Also, what happens when you go through the Audio and video setup wizard? You can get to that
by opening any Messenger window, pressing the Alt key on the keyboard, and choosing Audio and
video setup (not sure what the wording is in Dutch, sorry).

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"Billies" <Billies@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:52D9C844-8A91-41AF-8368-68B88BD42087@xxxxxx

Ik have installed teh versio of Windows Live Messenger, version 2009, build
14.0.8064.206. I installed it this weekend so that can't be the problem.

When I go through te setting of my audio and webcam its all going ok. I see
myself in the screen and hear myslef on the audio. Thats why this is so
strange to me. Everything is going as it should but still the problems when I
start en videoconference.

And more. I can't select the option to start only my own webcam wiothout
audio. That option is not activated.

I hope you can help me with this

greetzzz
Wim

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Wim Jansen


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Hi Wim,

The "tester" in the wizard is actually separate from the actual video feature in Messenger,
so that's why it's not always a good determiner.

Also, what video capabilities are going to take place are dependent on what client your
contact is using. Do you happen to know what version of Messenger they're using as well?

One thing you could try is to use a Virtual Webcam, which can connect up to your existing
webcam and works through it (you can also get some different effects by doing this). One
free example is ManyCam (www.manycam.com).

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"Billies" <Billies@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:06F04BF2-76AA-4CBD-8FF3-907DB1CD39E8@xxxxxx

Jonathan,

The point is that the latest version of Live Messenger broke Video calls for
many people. There is a blog-post for this issue saying that it is a problem
caused by McAfee software and there is a solution for it. Most people that
experience this problem are not using any McAfee software though.

See this post:
http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.c...ry?_c=BlogPart

I reverted back to version 8.x (not sure which version) and got my cam back
to work.



"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

I'm having the same problem. Additionally, I no longer have the option to
start my webcam WITHOUT voice (i.e., just video) after installing build
14.0.8064.206 yesterday! This is NOT a McAfee problem because I don't have
McAfee installed. Everything worked perfectly before the new WLM9 install.

OS: Vista Home Premium SP1
Webcam: Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks
Webcam: Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000
AntiVirus: Norton Internet Security 2009

"CrashingDutchman" wrote:

hi.
im new to this but i think i could have an answer to the problem

if you have installed the K Lite mega codec pack or have ffdshow installed it causes WLM to crash.
i uninstalled ffdshow and it works fine again


hope this helps

Greetings,

ffdshow-tryout yes? It shouldn't really be a problem for Messenger, but it might be the
specific version you're using which has the problem.

Alternatively you can go into the ffdshow preferences, and set msnmsgr.exe not to use
ffdshow. Yahoo Messenger is already on the list by default too.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"Gl1tch" <guest@newsgroup-email.com> wrote in message
news:746b030ec8244c06d13ef7e04e57a8e0@newsgroup-gateway.com...

Hi,

This seems to be the same sort of problem im having.

Can you explain what you mean by ffdshow? and msnmsgr.exe? and how to fix
this webcam problem in detail?

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Kind Regards,

Adam Isaaks


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: