Web Camera Settings

When I go through the audio tuning wizard, I have no
problem with pulling up the video camera (VEO). After I
finish, I pull up the web camera settings, and my video
is grayed out and doesnt show. When i use the web cam
with another user it is black. I am using 6.2.137.
Please help.

Greetings Michael,

There are actually two different video functions within MSN Messenger 6.x. The first, the
"Webcam" function, which is tested by the "Web Camera Settings" dialog, basically supports
actual "Webcam"s only. It does not support DV/firewire cameras, digital cameras, or video
card inputs. The second, the "Video Conference" function is tested by the Audio/Video Tuning
Wizard, supports most devices including DV cameras and video card inputs and uses the same
functionality as Windows Messenger does.

The Video Conference and Audio/Video Tuning Wizard will only be available on Windows XP (and
both you and your contact must be using Windows XP in order for it to work). Assuming both
of you are using Windows XP, try using the Video Conference feature instead, by clicking the
Actions menu within a conversation window and choosing 'Start Video Conference'.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Michael Harden" <> wrote in message
news:264801c45195$bdff0400$...
> When I go through the audio tuning wizard, I have no
> problem with pulling up the video camera (VEO). After I
> finish, I pull up the web camera settings, and my video
> is grayed out and doesnt show. When i use the web cam
> with another user it is black. I am using 6.2.137.
> Please help.

I tried the Video Conference and it didn't work. He had a black screen. My
web camera is a USB camera (Veo). The camera works fine with it's software,
and also works fine going through the audio tuning wizard. It doesn't work
with Web Camera Settings, Video Conference, or Stop and Start Webcam. I
read somewhere that 6.2.137 was having problems with this, so I want to know
how I can get an earlier version of 6.2, because it worked then.

Mike


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Greetings Michael,
>
> There are actually two different video functions within MSN Messenger 6.x.
The first, the
> "Webcam" function, which is tested by the "Web Camera Settings" dialog,
basically supports
> actual "Webcam"s only. It does not support DV/firewire cameras, digital
cameras, or video
> card inputs. The second, the "Video Conference" function is tested by the
Audio/Video Tuning
> Wizard, supports most devices including DV cameras and video card inputs
and uses the same
> functionality as Windows Messenger does.
>
> The Video Conference and Audio/Video Tuning Wizard will only be available
on Windows XP (and
> both you and your contact must be using Windows XP in order for it to
work). Assuming both
> of you are using Windows XP, try using the Video Conference feature
instead, by clicking the
> Actions menu within a conversation window and choosing 'Start Video
Conference'.
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
> "Michael Harden" <> wrote in message
> news:264801c45195$bdff0400$...
> > When I go through the audio tuning wizard, I have no
> > problem with pulling up the video camera (VEO). After I
> > finish, I pull up the web camera settings, and my video
> > is grayed out and doesnt show. When i use the web cam
> > with another user it is black. I am using 6.2.137.
> > Please help.
>
>