I have a HP Pavillon dv6000 with an intergrated webcam, and it comes pre-installed with Cyberlink Youcam software (and in case u ask, yes I do have the latest update of it
). Im using Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit and Service Pack 1.
Video calls with people who do not have Windows live messenger 2009 (or any of the beta versions) is perfectly fine and show is sending and viewing each others webcam. With WLM09 users, I can send and view my contacts' webcam just fine like always.
However since I installed the new messenger I cannot video call other contacts with the new messenger. The second I click the Video tab to start a call, my messenger freezes, and the same happens if I accept their call.
I found one way of going around it, under audio and video set up if I do not set the CyberLink Web Camera Filter as the webcam I want to use, i.e. I select the default Simplo Webcam, which is the webcam with no software, it works!:huh: The only problem is the video quality is TERRIBLE and dark when I choose Simplo Webcam for some strange reason. I have always used CyberLink in all my previous versions of messenger and it worked fine. All the advanced webcam settings, brightness contrast blah blah blah, are the same so I dont know why the video quality is so poor..
In the preview in audio and video set up the video is very clear and crisp either way. Thats about all the information I know.
Is the problem with the Messenger or Youcam? Can I improve the quality of the video output without using Cyberlink? Or is there anyway of getting the messenger not to freeze when calling another WLM09 user, with cyberlink filter set as my webcam? I know you're probably thinking why dont I just get on with life and use the poor quality video calls, but I really want this.
Thanks in advance
). Im using Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit and Service Pack 1.Video calls with people who do not have Windows live messenger 2009 (or any of the beta versions) is perfectly fine and show is sending and viewing each others webcam. With WLM09 users, I can send and view my contacts' webcam just fine like always.
However since I installed the new messenger I cannot video call other contacts with the new messenger. The second I click the Video tab to start a call, my messenger freezes, and the same happens if I accept their call.
I found one way of going around it, under audio and video set up if I do not set the CyberLink Web Camera Filter as the webcam I want to use, i.e. I select the default Simplo Webcam, which is the webcam with no software, it works!:huh: The only problem is the video quality is TERRIBLE and dark when I choose Simplo Webcam for some strange reason. I have always used CyberLink in all my previous versions of messenger and it worked fine. All the advanced webcam settings, brightness contrast blah blah blah, are the same so I dont know why the video quality is so poor..
In the preview in audio and video set up the video is very clear and crisp either way. Thats about all the information I know.
Is the problem with the Messenger or Youcam? Can I improve the quality of the video output without using Cyberlink? Or is there anyway of getting the messenger not to freeze when calling another WLM09 user, with cyberlink filter set as my webcam? I know you're probably thinking why dont I just get on with life and use the poor quality video calls, but I really want this.
Thanks in advance
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavillon dv6000
- Memory
- 3GB RAM
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800
- Hard Drives
- 250GB