Webcam shows pitch black picture.

have a Sony Vaio Laptop. (VGN-AR350E)
My camera works fine offline.
Takes pictures.
Records video.


But for some reason whenever I use either Yahoo or MSN Messenger to
broadcast the webcam the picture comes out pitch black.

I have tried reinstalling the needed drivers to fix this issue and went
as far as doing a System Recovery and still I have this problem.

So if anyone has had similar problems or have a few suggestions, please
reply to this. Thanks!


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kaosux

have you tried getting updates for the drivers?

"kaosux" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> have a Sony Vaio Laptop. (VGN-AR350E)
> My camera works fine offline.
> Takes pictures.
> Records video.
>
>
> But for some reason whenever I use either Yahoo or MSN Messenger to
> broadcast the webcam the picture comes out pitch black.
>
> I have tried reinstalling the needed drivers to fix this issue and went
> as far as doing a System Recovery and still I have this problem.
>
> So if anyone has had similar problems or have a few suggestions, please
> reply to this. Thanks!
>
>
> --
> kaosux

Yes, I've downloaded every update Sony has on their site for th
in-built webcam

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kaosux

Greetings,

What exactly happens when you go through the setup wizard? To get there, open up a Messenger
window, press Alt on the keyboard to bring up the menu bar, choose Tools and then Audio and
video setup.

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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) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"kaosux" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> have a Sony Vaio Laptop. (VGN-AR350E)
> My camera works fine offline.
> Takes pictures.
> Records video.
>
>
> But for some reason whenever I use either Yahoo or MSN Messenger to
> broadcast the webcam the picture comes out pitch black.
>
> I have tried reinstalling the needed drivers to fix this issue and went
> as far as doing a System Recovery and still I have this problem.
>
> So if anyone has had similar problems or have a few suggestions, please
> reply to this. Thanks!
>
>
> --
> kaosux