Webcam?

So i've installed my webcam perfectly. but for some odd
reason i cant get it to work perfectly with msn messenger
6.0 or 6.1 . Whenever i press the webcam button on msn
it says it is asking for "accept or decline" from the
other party, once accepted the only thing i see and my
contact is a black screen. Now strangly enough the only
way I can get the webcam to work is when i send for a
Video Conference, even though none of my contacts have
mic's or cam's. Have I done something wrong or is this
just an msn messenger problem?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.
aaron

Johnny
Mon Nov 03 14:06:08 CST 2003

You tried to be perfect in an imperfect world?

"Aaron" <aaronalexander00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:047301c3a23f$2663a610$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> So i've installed my webcam perfectly. but for some odd
> reason i cant get it to work perfectly with msn messenger
> 6.0 or 6.1 . Whenever i press the webcam button on msn
> it says it is asking for "accept or decline" from the
> other party, once accepted the only thing i see and my
> contact is a black screen. Now strangly enough the only
> way I can get the webcam to work is when i send for a
> Video Conference, even though none of my contacts have
> mic's or cam's. Have I done something wrong or is this
> just an msn messenger problem?
>
> Any info would be greatly appreciated.
> aaron
>

Elvis
Mon Nov 03 14:33:43 CST 2003


I also had the same problem it will be that somebody
knows the solution.

>-----Original Message-----
>You tried to be perfect in an imperfect world?
>
>"Aaron" <aaronalexander00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:047301c3a23f$2663a610$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> So i've installed my webcam perfectly. but for some odd
>> reason i cant get it to work perfectly with msn
messenger
>> 6.0 or 6.1 . Whenever i press the webcam button on msn
>> it says it is asking for "accept or decline" from the
>> other party, once accepted the only thing i see and my
>> contact is a black screen. Now strangly enough the only
>> way I can get the webcam to work is when i send for a
>> Video Conference, even though none of my contacts have
>> mic's or cam's. Have I done something wrong or is this
>> just an msn messenger problem?
>>
>> Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>> aaron
>>
>
>
>.
>

Jonathan
Mon Nov 03 15:07:08 CST 2003

Greetings Aaron,

Which Webcam is it (model and brand)?
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Aaron" <aaronalexander00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:047301c3a23f$2663a610$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> So i've installed my webcam perfectly. but for some odd
> reason i cant get it to work perfectly with msn messenger
> 6.0 or 6.1 . Whenever i press the webcam button on msn
> it says it is asking for "accept or decline" from the
> other party, once accepted the only thing i see and my
> contact is a black screen. Now strangly enough the only
> way I can get the webcam to work is when i send for a
> Video Conference, even though none of my contacts have
> mic's or cam's. Have I done something wrong or is this
> just an msn messenger problem?
>
> Any info would be greatly appreciated.
> aaron
>

anonymous
Mon Nov 03 15:42:22 CST 2003

Hi Jon
Its a Creative Webcam - Version 1.0.0.5
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Aaron,
>
>Which Webcam is it (model and brand)?
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Aaron" <aaronalexander00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:047301c3a23f$2663a610$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> So i've installed my webcam perfectly. but for some
odd
>> reason i cant get it to work perfectly with msn
messenger
>> 6.0 or 6.1 . Whenever i press the webcam button on msn
>> it says it is asking for "accept or decline" from the
>> other party, once accepted the only thing i see and my
>> contact is a black screen. Now strangly enough the
only
>> way I can get the webcam to work is when i send for a
>> Video Conference, even though none of my contacts have
>> mic's or cam's. Have I done something wrong or is this
>> just an msn messenger problem?
>>
>> Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>> aaron
>>
>
>
>.
>

Steve
Tue Nov 04 01:56:47 CST 2003

I have the same problem with 6.0 and 6.1 in XP!! but with
my Aiptek Presscam 400 (Pencam). A fix for this would be
super! (:

It seems to work fine with my Windows ME system using
6.0, could it be a directx problem? I was going to try to
update directx from 7.1 on my ME system but I decided not
to nor have I done any updating to the system.

>-----Original Message-----
>So i've installed my webcam perfectly. but for some odd
>reason i cant get it to work perfectly with msn
messenger
>6.0 or 6.1 . Whenever i press the webcam button on msn
>it says it is asking for "accept or decline" from the
>other party, once accepted the only thing i see and my
>contact is a black screen. Now strangly enough the only
>way I can get the webcam to work is when i send for a
>Video Conference, even though none of my contacts have
>mic's or cam's. Have I done something wrong or is this
>just an msn messenger problem?
>
>Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>aaron
>
>.
>

anonymous
Tue Nov 04 07:06:43 CST 2003

Don't know if this will work for you, but I have the same
problem. I just have the other person invite me to a
webcam chat, after I "accept" we connect and can see each
other. Its not a fix, but a work around. Hope it helps.

>-----Original Message-----
>
> I also had the same problem it will be that somebody
>knows the solution.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>You tried to be perfect in an imperfect world?
>>
>>"Aaron" <aaronalexander00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:047301c3a23f$2663a610$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>> So i've installed my webcam perfectly. but for some
odd
>>> reason i cant get it to work perfectly with msn
>messenger
>>> 6.0 or 6.1 . Whenever i press the webcam button on msn
>>> it says it is asking for "accept or decline" from the
>>> other party, once accepted the only thing i see and my
>>> contact is a black screen. Now strangly enough the
only
>>> way I can get the webcam to work is when i send for a
>>> Video Conference, even though none of my contacts have
>>> mic's or cam's. Have I done something wrong or is this
>>> just an msn messenger problem?
>>>
>>> Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>>> aaron
>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

Amanda
Tue Nov 04 09:44:53 CST 2003

I experience the exact same thing, it worked perfectly
until the "forced" migration to 6.1, then, black screen -
even though it says it's connected, and all I see from
others who have a webcam is a black screen too. I tried
reinstalling, but that failed to do anything. I use a
Creative webcam model CT6840.

>-----Original Message-----
>You tried to be perfect in an imperfect world?
>
>"Aaron" <aaronalexander00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:047301c3a23f$2663a610$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> So i've installed my webcam perfectly. but for some odd
>> reason i cant get it to work perfectly with msn
messenger
>> 6.0 or 6.1 . Whenever i press the webcam button on msn
>> it says it is asking for "accept or decline" from the
>> other party, once accepted the only thing i see and my
>> contact is a black screen. Now strangly enough the only
>> way I can get the webcam to work is when i send for a
>> Video Conference, even though none of my contacts have
>> mic's or cam's. Have I done something wrong or is this
>> just an msn messenger problem?
>>
>> Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>> aaron
>>
>
>
>.
>