Problems with the camera in Skype
This is largely due to the fact that users initially do not have the skills to set up the camera. Sometimes problems supposedly arise on their own, after some event, supposedly everything worked fine before, but today it refuses. In this article we will analyze all the possible reasons and main points that you should pay attention to in order to successfully solve this eternal and unfortunate problem with the camera in Skype. Installing drivers for the webcam
The first connection of the camera to a personal computer is always accompanied by the installation of device drivers. In this matter, everything is brought to maximum automation, but sometimes user intervention is required.
1. First of all, you need to check the box in which the webcam was located for the presence of disk media. If it is present, then it probably contains the drivers we need, install them from the disk.
2. Some modern webcams do not come with disks, in the hope that the Windows system will pick them up from its own database or from the Internet without any problems. Therefore, we can only wait until the operating system copes with this and displays a notification about the successful installation of the driver.
3. It happens that there is no disk included with the camera and Windows is unable to find and install drivers on its own. Now it’s up to us, we should open the official website of the manufacturer of our webcam in the browser and in the drivers section find the one suitable for our camera model, download it, and then install it and then restart the computer.
It is often useful to do this in any case, because from the moment your camera was packaged at the factory, more than one month or year could have passed, which means that the manufacturer could have updated the drivers for the device and additional software more than once. That is, in any case, it will be useful for us to visit the manufacturer’s website and make sure that we are using the latest drivers. On the other hand, if after updating the drivers various glitches begin to appear, then it is recommended to return to the previous drivers that worked stably.
Checking the webcam for functionality
1. Let's not blindly believe the messages of the Windows operating system and make sure that these same drivers are working and, in general, available on the computer. For this let's go to device Manager.
The camera should be located in the section called "Image Processing Devices", and it can be called something like usb video device or, if the camera is built into a computer or laptop monitor, then usually the name of the camera model will be indicated.
Moreover, there should not be any exclamation marks or question marks near the name of your webcam. Their presence will indicate problems with the device or driver. If there are no such signs, then we can be sure that the camera drivers are working.
2. It is also worth checking the image that the camera produces. There are several ways to do this. In an old Windows XP this could be done by going to My Computer and launching the camera icon. In modern versions of the system, for example Windows 8.1, the camera can be launched in a similar way by finding the appropriate option in one of the pop-up windows of the interface.
В Windows 7 There are no such standard features, so you can check the camera’s performance using third-party applications. One of these applications can be a standard program Paint. Also, many video players will allow you to display the image from the camera on the monitor screen, such video players include Daum potplayer.
If the image from the camera is displayed correctly, then everything is fine with it and you should go to the settings of the Skype program itself.
Setting up our camera in Skype
We have already tested the camera in every possible way and are clearly convinced of its performance. However, a popular video calling program tells us that "Skype did not detect a webcam..."
The roots of this problem are very old; this problem arises and disappears at any moment, incomprehensible to both users and developers in the company. On the official forum of the program, where there were about several thousand such questions, the developers did not answer anything intelligible.
Without hesitation, users found their own way out of this situation. They install previous versions of Skype, on which the program worked with the camera as it should.
We eradicate the poorly working Skype program from your computer
This must be done, because immediately two installed programs, even of different versions, will begin to conflict with each other. To remove Skype you can use standard Windows uninstaller. To do this, go to Start - Control Panel - Add or Remove Programs. Find Skype and delete it. To be sure to get rid of all files related to the program to one degree or another, you can use a cooler program, for example, Revo Uninstaller.
Download a different version of Skype
Sadly, the official website allows you to download only the latest version of the program, which is supposedly “maximally improved.” Therefore, those users who are faced with this problem will have to search through many sites in search of the desired version of the Skype program with the ability to download it without problems. A good option would be to visit torrent trackers. But if suddenly the camera still doesn’t work... In that case, we just need to come to terms with it. If you really need video communication, then you can simply replace the webcam with another one. Most likely, you won’t have any problems with another camera, and your camera will also work well, but on a different computer or operating system.
