Webcam not working with Yahoo / Skype
Posted on March 24, 2008
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My girlfriend studying in Germany got a Tevion 85572 webcam as her christmas present. After installing it and hours of struggle no one could make it to work with any of the VOIP messengers that also supports video streaming. Quite surprisingly video from the webcam could be seen with the software provided along but nothing could be seen on Yahoo or Skype webcam window.
We had to just leave it like that as we were not willing to waste anymore of our time. Few months later we tried to fix it again and almost after a hour it just clicked my mind and yes that is where the problem was.
It was quite obvious and at the same time also surprising that neither Yahoo messenger nor Skype messenger could detect the problem and suggest a solution.
Here is what the problem was:
- The webcam software started as soon as a webcam was detected.
- Any webcam can only be used with one software at a time.
- The webcam worked as soon as software using it was been closed.
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