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Ask Slashdot: Fixing UVC Camera Issues Under Windows?

Posted by timothy on from the you-get-to-keep-both-pieces dept.

Khyber writes: I bought some cheap Chinese camera glasses with built-in microphones. These are (supposedly) UVC cameras manufactured in 2015. Under Windows XP, these cameras are seen perfectly fine and work as web cameras; even the microphones work. Under Windows 7, the camera appears to install just fine, however I get the 'This device can perform faster if you connect to USB 2.0' (which it is connected to) and when I try to load it up with any camera viewer such as manycam or any chat program's built-in previewer, I cannot receive any video from the camera. I can get audio from the camera microphones under Windows 7, so I am wondering if the camera device is having problems enumerating as a USB 2.0 device due to some change in Windows 7 (which it doesn't seem to have issues doing under XP,) or if the UVC driver for Windows 7 is missing something in comparison to the one used for Windows XP. Anybody else had issues getting newer UVC cameras to work in newer operating systems?

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  1. Device compatability / driver problems ... by Alain+Williams · · Score: 4, Funny

    You must be running Linux, why don't you just be safe and come back to Microsoft, all hardware vendors make sure that their kit works with Microsoft Windows. Oh, wait .....

  2. You need the right cable by OzPeter · · Score: 3, Funny

    Once you get the right cable you won't have to worry about your camera issues anymore!

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  3. Maybe you need to upgrade by Barlo_Mung_42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows 10 probably fixes this.
    I'd just go ahead and upgrade if I were you.
    Couldn't hurt...