Hi Jonathan,
I have tried starting a chat with the video conference
feature, and unfortunately my contact couldn't see me.
Indeed we are both running on XP. The audio/video tuning
wizard gives me a great pic, but it ain't coming through
on the receiving side (I get the message that the other
person's computer is having technical difficulties). I
suppose a faster connection might solve this?!
You mention messenger supports mostly 'just' webcams, but
surely connecting a digi-still cam to a USB port would
work? Or does one need to temporarily disable the video
capture card in order for messenger to recognize the
input source being USB?
My contact has there DV cam hooked up to a USB port as a
webcam and it works...
Hope you might be able to advise me on this.
Thanks!
Charlotte.
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Charlotte,
>
>Are you just clicking the "Webcam" button? There are
actually two different video functions
>within MSN Messenger 6.x. The first, the
>"Webcam" function, which is tested by the "Web Camera
Settings" dialog, basically supports
>actual "Webcam"s only. It does not support DV/firewire
cameras, digital cameras, or video
>card inputs. The second, the "Video Conference"
function is tested by the Audio/Video Tuning
>Wizard, supports most devices including DV cameras and
video card inputs and uses the same
>functionality as Windows Messenger does.
>
>The Video Conference and Audio/Video Tuning Wizard will
only be available on Windows XP (and
>both you and your contact must be using Windows XP in
order for it to work). Assuming both
>of you are using Windows XP, try using the Video
Conference feature instead, by clicking the
>Actions menu within a conversation window and
choosing 'Start Video Conference'.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
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Jonathan Kay.
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>
>"Charlotte" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
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>news:1b1c701c44f88$d46398a0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> G'day,
>>
>> I am trying to get a video chat up and working on MSN
>> messenger. When I use the video/audio tuning wizard, I
get
>> picture and I get sound, but when I actually want to
start
>> a chat with audio and video, the video won't work. I
get
>> the message: messenger cannot detect a camera...
>> I have a Nikon coolpix 4300 hooked up to the composite
>> input of my ATI Radeon 9200 video card, and I'm running
>> everything on XP.
>> When I try webcam options it gives me the same no
>> detection message. What can I do about this?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Chrltt.
>
>
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