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 ????
--
Wim Jansen

What webcam do you have?

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx




"Billies" <> wrote in message
news:52D9C844-8A91-41AF-8368-...
>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 ????
> --
> Wim Jansen

My webcam is an Creative Webcam 3 USB
--
Wim Jansen


"Jason Tsang" wrote:

> What webcam do you have?
>
> --
> Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
>
> Find out about the MS MVP Program -
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
>
>
>
>
> "Billies" <> wrote in message
> news:52D9C844-8A91-41AF-8368-...
> >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 ????
> > --
> > 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).

--
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
--



"Billies" <> wrote in message
news:52D9C844-8A91-41AF-8368-...
> 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 ????
> --
> Wim Jansen

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

--
Wim Jansen


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> 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).
>
> --
> 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
> --
>
>
>
> "Billies" <> wrote in message
> news:52D9C844-8A91-41AF-8368-...
> > 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 ????
> > --
> > Wim Jansen
>
>
>

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
--

"Billies" <> wrote in message
news:06F04BF2-76AA-4CBD-8FF3-...
> 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
>
> --
> Wim Jansen
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> 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).
>>
>> --
>> 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
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> "Billies" <> wrote in message
>> news:52D9C844-8A91-41AF-8368-...
>> > 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 ????
>> > --
>> > Wim Jansen
>>
>>
>>

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:

> 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
> --
>
> "Billies" <> wrote in message
> news:06F04BF2-76AA-4CBD-8FF3-...
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Wim Jansen
> >
> >
> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> 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).
> >>
> >> --
> >> 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
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Billies" <> wrote in message
> >> news:52D9C844-8A91-41AF-8368-...
> >> > 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 ????
> >> > --
> >> > Wim Jansen
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

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:

> 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:
>
> > 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
> > --
> >
> > "Billies" <> wrote in message
> > news:06F04BF2-76AA-4CBD-8FF3-...
> > > 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
> > >
> > > --
> > > Wim Jansen
> > >
> > >
> > > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > >> 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).
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> 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
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Billies" <> wrote in message
> > >> news:52D9C844-8A91-41AF-8368-...
> > >> > 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 ????
> > >> > --
> > >> > Wim Jansen
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >

My variation of this problem is that when I click on videocall...The person
with which I am speaking sees me and sees himself...I can see them but I
cannot see myself! It's very annoying as you cannot see where you are
centered in the cam, if the lighting is good etc. I use it for teaching
(foreign language) and when I want to show various items I am not sure where
or how close to show the item. The variations of these webcam malfunctions go
on and on! It's a shame Microsoft can't make something that functions
without such problems. My non techie solution is to use a chat program that
has their act together like GOOGLE or SKYPE...always reliable...without all
the little overbearing bells and whistles of Windows Live!

"Albert" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Installed 14.0.8064.206 last weekend, just tried video chat with my
> parents and found out that I can see myself, i can see them, they can
> see themselves , but they cannot see me. After check their screen
> using remote access, I found that on their chat screen it where my
> image suppose to show, it display a web cam image with a red cross. I
> guess it tried to say that I don't have a web cam (but clearly I do)
> and on the left side of that, there is no web cam icon displayed. On
> my chat screen, I can see them and I can see myself, and there are web
> cam icon show up next to the video.
>
> I don't have Macfee installed and I was able to use the video chatting
> using the old Windows live messenger last weekend without any
> problem. So, I can tell there must be something wrong with the new
> Live messenger.
>

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 ffdsho
installed it causes WLM to crash.
i uninstalled ffdshow and it works fine again


hope this help

--
Gl1tch