Eyetoy webcam doesn't show up as a choice

Laughing Man · Post by **Laughing Man** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:19 am

On my old computer I've used this software and it detected my eyetoy webcam just fine. (it was a single core AMD Barton). And I could use it. But I'm on my new computer now (Dual core Opteron) and Yawcam doesn't detect my webcam despite me installing the drivers for it. I've checked using other video capturing programs and it sees the webcam just fine.

All it lists under webcams to select is "Microsoft WDM capture....". And I tried using that and preview and it shows black.

Post by **malun** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:10 pm

Which version of Yawcam are you running?
If you are running the latest beta version you coud try the "Settings -> Select source" option. This is a bit experimental though, and doesn't work with all devices. But give it a try!

/malun

Laughing Man · Post by **Laughing Man** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:42 pm

I tried that but nothing happens.

Post by **malun** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:42 pm

Do you have any more capture devices connected to your computer?
It could be another webcam, a TV-card or some additional driver software like DVdriver or webcamDV...

/malun

Dgardner · Post by **Dgardner** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:14 pm

Hey everyone, New guy here

I just wanted to pipe in on this-

I am using an Eye Toy and the lastest release of Yawcam, (Build 2006-04-10 Vers 0.2.67) and I am working just fine. (for stream and HTTP anyway - I don't use the other modes)

Yawcam identifies my camera as:
wfw:MICROSOFT WDN Image Capture (Win32)0:wfw:/0

I understand there are several different models of the Eye Toy out there though, My model of Eye Toy is SLEH-00031

hope this helps
dgardner[/code]

Laughing Man · Post by **Laughing Man** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:04 am

Yes that's what it identifies it as I guess. But it just shows black. And yes I have a TV tuner in my PC.

Post by **malun** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:56 am

Laughing Man wrote:And yes I have a TV tuner in my PC.

There we have the problem then! Yawcam usually get confused when there are many capture devices to choose from.

But stay tuned... I have an updated version of the "select source" function that should work better with several capture devices. I'll put a an update in this thread soon.

/malun

Post by **malun** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:02 pm

Okey, you can now get an update from here:
http://www.yawcam.com/beta/yawcam_source_fix.zip

The "select source" function is now a bit shaky and makes Yawcam crash once in a while. I'm calling functions I'm not supposed to do to get this dialog appear

But hopefully you only need to call it once to change your capture source. And if Yawcam crashes just restart and try it again.

/malun

Laughing Man · Post by **Laughing Man** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:49 pm

I just tried it and it found the webcam but it still shows blackness. I'm thinking I should just replug it in and reinstall the drivers.

Dgardner · Post by **Dgardner** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:21 pm

I know you are going to find this strange, but I had a couple of days when my Preview was all black - while playing with it I found that I was still actually transmitting.

I also found that if I selected Capture it worked(and I could see what I captured).

I think the cause was I chose Select Source (experimental) just to see what it did, I went back through Edit Setting and selected all the setting again and it worked ok from them on

dgardner

Laughing Man · Post by **Laughing Man** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:37 pm

It works now! Thank you!

Post by **malun** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 12:12 pm

Ah, good to hear. Was it the re-installation of drivers that solved the problem?

/malun

Laughing Man · Post by **Laughing Man** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:32 pm

It was Dgardner's instructions when he reported the same problem with his webcam just showing black.

Post by **malun** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:52 am

Perfect