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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. Since when has /. become tech support? by jfdavis668 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't think that technical support for your driver issue is a good reason to post on /.

  2. Welp... by Lab+Rat+Jason · · Score: 3, Insightful

    cheap Chinese

    there's your problem...

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  3. Have you tried turning it off and on again? by celeb8 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    yes this forum is totally windows tech support I just hope your post feels welcome

  4. Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot? by abelenky17 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    By not posting stupid tech-support questions... some random guy's hare-brained scheme... or pseudo-science that isn't backed up by common sense.