another webcam thing...

o.k. lads the point of view is, my webcam is working but:
i can't see miself when i activate the cam, if i take a pic or a vid i can watch it....

any suggestions?

 

Why two topics ?
By the way.. you mean - you can't watch it ?

 

don't know why there are two toppics, but i can watch them when i save them but i don't see nothing on screen when i activate it. i see the cam window but there's nothing in it....

 

Do you use Windows XP or Linpus Linux Lite ?
Do you see yourself when you're recording it ?
What media player are you using to open the video ?

 

o.k. sorry i'm using linpus linux in an xfce environment. i can see the pic with any graphical prog, and the vid if i open it with vlc or the smplayer...

 

any update on this problem? same thing is happening to my webcam, opens ok, but no display, just a mottled grey image, though if you click to take a pic, it will save one in a folder though showing nothing on screen!

running linpus, only thing i've done is an update a few days ago, and also installed an rpm to switch between linpus and xfce desktop, though don't know if there is a connection as never tried the webcam till today. webcam displays fine on puppy linux booted from usb using luvcview.

if there's no fix available, anyone know how to reinstall the linpus webcam software/drivers? or any other ideas welcome

 

sorry but i changed to ubuntu and there it works just fine :mrgreen:

 

hi, thanks for reply. i decided to use the recovery cd and the webcam is now working again. i don't know if it was an update that caused the fault but i'm not taking the chance and leaving the updates well alone, which will save me around the two and half hours it took before!

i use ubuntu on my main pc, but am waiting till the netbook remix fully supports the acer hardware before i try it on my one, hopefully won't have long to wait. still, the linpus boot up speed makes it so useable at the moment

 

hey dude!

i kinda have same problem but the thing is... i'm using windows xp... all it shows is a black display and what's worse is i can't reinstall the SUYIN webcam driver anymore... i hate using external webcam cause its a hassle coz i travel a lot. i just want this problem to be have a solution. i tried all remedies but still... i failed... i really appreciate if somebody has the solution for this problem.


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