Webcam operation in Vista?

[NYHoustonman]

Dug out a Quickcam 4000 Pro and am trying to get it to work on my main rig, which is running Windows Vista. I've installed the latest driver package from Logitech's website, and the incoming audio works, but the video does not. All I get in Skype is a black screen; in the Quickcam software, a cascading blue/purple screen. All of the proper entries come up in the device manager, and it's being detected correctly across the board.

It works on both my laptop (XP Home) and server (Windows 98 :x) with video, but not on the main PC. My first hunch is that the video is being hogged by some other program on bootup, but I have no idea what it would be as I've never installed any other webcam.

Any ideas?

 

[NYHoustonman]

Bump

 

[dderolph]

Hmmm, I don't see Quickcam 4000 Pro listed at http://www.logitech.com/index....oads/webcams/&cl=us,en

Can you cite the page where you "got the latest driver"?

 

[Trashman]

4th row down, 1st on left

 

[NYHoustonman]

Originally posted by: Trashman
4th row down, 1st on left

What he said.

Still haven't found anything :|.

 

[tcsenter]

More likely some kind of overlay bug with your graphics driver. What is your display/graphics adapter?

 

[NYHoustonman]

I have a GeForce 8800GTX, and I have no experience with the kind of problem you're talking about, so this could be good XD.

 

[tcsenter]

ForceWare 163.69 Release Notes for Vista

The following are features and functionality that were available in driver releases
supporting Windows XP, but are not?and will not be?available in driver releases for
Windows Vista:

? Video Overlays

This is an operating system limitation. Vista window manager features will provide new ways of accomplishing overlays, but will require application porting.

 

[NYHoustonman]

That's pretty much over my head, I don't have much experience with the 'other' features of my video card/it's driver... What does that mean for me, that I need to look into the Vista window manager?

 

[NYHoustonman]

Sorry to bump this again, but I really want this resolved, and Logitech hasn't provided any answers :\.

 

[tcsenter]

I'm just speculating this may be the problem, since most webcams use video overlays or have heavily relied on them in the past. Does Skype have a Vista support section? I would give Skype's support forum a look-through.

 

[NYHoustonman]

That's the thing, it isn't even just Skype - the video feed doesn't work anywhere, at any time, no matter how many times I try swapping USB ports/unplugging other devices/reinstalling the drivers. I'm perplexed, as I haven't seen anyone else with this issue.

 

[NYHoustonman]

Well, I created a new user account and closed all running processes I could - still no video.

 

[NYHoustonman]

Bump action.