Hiya people,
If anyone can help me with this, i'd be ever so grateful!

I bought a webcam the other day but it won't seem to work with msn, when I go into the cam settings it says: You cannot change your camera setting because either your camera is not plugged in or you are using it in a video conversation with another program.
I can see myself in the Audio/Video tuning wizard but not when I go into webcam settings (It then says more or less the same as above)

I have no idea why, please could you help me.
Much appreciated!!

Did the camera come with software or drivers
Is the camera plugged in
Have you checked the manufactuers website for drivers

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Originally posted by Brox187
I bought a webcam the other day but it won't seem to work with msn,

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Yeah, it came with the CD to install the cam.
I haven't tried it with any other program, I only really wanted it for msn.
What I can't understand is that it works in the Audio/Video Tuning Wizard thing but then when I go into webcam settings it doesn't display anything.

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Originally posted by Brox187
What I can't understand is that it works in the Audio/Video Tuning Wizard thing but then when I go into webcam settings it doesn't display anything.

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Yep, it shows up in there. I'm just gonna restart the pc now to see what I can do.
Any other ideas you can think of?
Cheers mate

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Originally posted by Brox187
Yep, it shows up in there. I'm just gonna restart the pc now to see what I can do.
Any other ideas you can think of?
Cheers mate

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Originally posted by Brox187
I can see myself in the Audio/Video tuning wizard but not when I go into webcam settings (It then says more or less the same as above)

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Tried that...I can see myself perfectly clear in the Audio/Video tuning wizard but when I then click on the Webcam settings it's all grey with the buttons grey too and it ways:

You cannot change your camera settings because either you camera is not plugged in or you are using it in a video conversation with another program.

I don't have a clue whats wrong with it, i've even gone into the photo software that I got with the camera but and image won't show up on there either.
Thanks again mate.

as i mentioned above .. try to reinstall the drivers and plz tell me that wich windows do u use and ur software configuration.. and also which webcam do u use (with complete model no.)

I've tried re-installing the drivers several times.
The camera is a Trust 120 Spacec@m
I have Windows XP and i'm not really sure what you mean by software config.

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Originally posted by Brox187
You cannot change your camera settings because either you camera is not plugged in or you are using it in a video conversation with another program.

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Can I interrupt here? Thankyou.

The problem here is not drivers or faulty install: as he says, the camera clearly works (if you can see it in the tuning wizard, it's installed correctly).

The problem here is that, basically, there's a bug in MSN Messenger, whereby it doesn't always pick up the webcam. Sadly, there's nothing that can be done about this.
All I can recommend is: make sure nothing else is using the webcam, and if necessary, close the conversation window and reopen it.

What about if I was to re-install my messenger??
If not would it mean starting my pc from scratch as if it was a new pc?
Thanks for the info upto now guys!

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What about if I was to re-install my messenger??

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If not would it mean starting my pc from scratch as if it was a new pc?

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What, even if I was to re-install my messenger?
Whatever is the only way to sort it, i'll do it..even if it means buying a new pc!

Getting a new PC won't help either.

So every pc I use EVER, the cam wont work? WTF are you on about?

What I'm on about is that the problem isn't with the camera or the PC, it's with MSN Messenger!

There is a simple solution to this problem... you can use another piece of software to detect the camera such as "Trackercam" or maybe "camtasia" (which has been discussed on forums before) and then when selecting camera on msn messenger, select the sofware that streams video from the camera rather than the camera itself.

Hope this helps.

Also, visit the Trust site and grab the latest drivers etc.  I had a trust cam, not yours but a dif model, had no end of issues with the packaged drivers, visited tghe trust site and grabbed the latest drivers, plus they also offered generic drivers?!?!?, and it was infact these that corrected all of my problems.

I also had the same problem, with a trust 320 spacecam. Reinstalling the drivers worked for me!