AIW Radeon 8500 with Logitec Webcam?

[Harry]

Hi,

I have been asking questions concerning my combination of ATI Radeon 8500
AIW card using use Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000.
The system always hangs once I choose to enable WebCam under Yahoo
Messenger. It seems Instant messenger is working better with this
combnation.

Wondering if anyone here experienced same problem and figured out a solution
to it?
Thanks first.

 

[glassman]

Hi,

I have been asking questions concerning my combination of ATI Radeon 8500
AIW card using use Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000.
The system always hangs once I choose to enable WebCam under Yahoo
Messenger. It seems Instant messenger is working better with this
combnation.

Wondering if anyone here experienced same problem and figured out a solution
to it?

Experienced exactly the same thing here. And using Philips webcam.
Solution: use anything except Yahoo Messenger.

Glassman

 

[yungman]

Yahoo has a solution here:

http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/messenger/win/webcam/webcam-15.html

Messenger crashes when I try to broadcast my Webcam.
If Messenger is crashing when you try to broascast your Webcam, please
try the following fix:
Shut down Messenger if it is currently running.

From the Windows Start menu at the left bottom of your screen, click Run.

From the input area, type regedit and press Enter. The registry editor

application should open.

On the left side, expand the HKEY_CURRENT_USER folder (or key), then
expand the Software folder under it and select Yahoo.

If there is a Webcam folder, go to the next step. If there is no Webcam
under the Yahoo folder, go to the Edit menu and click New Key and type
Webcam.

Select the Webcam folder.

From the Edit menu click on New, DWORD Value and type UseVFW without

any spaces.

Double-click on the entry UseVFW and change the entry in Value data to
1. Then click OK.

Exit the Registry Editor application.

Restart Messenger and try starting your webcam by clicking Start My
Webcam from the Messenger menu located in the Messenger window.
Please Note: If you are on Windows 2000 or XP, you will need to be
logged in as an administrator for these registry entries to be updated
successfully.