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Joel Estes
January 15th 04, 12:44 AM
This will not help solve your problem, but changing EVERYONE to ANYONE will
help the English.

Joel

"Max Headroom" > wrote in message
...
> Hello everyone
> I write from Italy , sorry for my English...
>
> I have a problem with Messenger 6.1
>
> I Don't have a Webcam , and i don't wanna buy one. but i have a Camcorder
,
> a Sony with DV output and Composite Output that i would use as a webcam.
>
> Also i have three Capture cards , and a Firewire HUB with three DV input
> ports.
>
> The three Capture cards are :
> An Old old Matrox Millennium2 AGP With Rainbow Runner Add-on Capture Card.
>
> An ASUS AGP V7700 Deluxe with Video IN
>
> A Pinnacle Studio Deluxe With External BoX for composite - S-Video IN-OUT
> and onboard DV IN-OUT.
>
> All these cards have the own latest drivers released from manufacturer.
> I Experienced problems with video conferencing in Messenger 6.0 and 6.1
> There is no way to start video conferencing with others , because there is
> no video at all.
>
> The problem varied using Win ME , Win XP PRO, and Win 2000 PRO ,
>
> OK , the old Matrox Has no support in XP and 2K , but works fine in WIN ME
> with her own PC-VCR Remote , the other two cards Works fine with any OS
and
> their respective capture software. The Camcorder works Fine , and all
cables
> and connections are OK.
>
> I have problem only with Messenger (and also same identical in NETMEETING)
,
> to use the camcorder as a Webcam , through any capture device.
>
> Messenger lets me select the capture device (Only in WIN2K) in "Webcam
> Settings" , but never shows the video , no one of my three capture card
> Works.
>
> In WIN XP , messenger find my Sony Camcorder , but anyway there is no
video
> at all.
>
> Messenger , also after selecting video device , always says in the video
> window
>
> "Unable to change Webcam Settings because webcam is not connected or you
are
> using it in another program" (Traduced from Italian)
> But this isn't True! , i'm not using any other program , and i don't have
a
> Webcam.
> Why Messenger doesn't identify my Video Capture Hardware?
>
> Only using DV Input of my three ports Firewire HUB , using the Audio/Video
> setting Wizard, i can see the image from my camcorder , after selecting
the
> appropriate video
> input , but exiting , the problem is unsolved , and i have no video at
all.
>
> SO:
> Does Everyone have my same problem?
> Does everyone Has Solved it ? And How?
> Can Everyone Help me?
> Is there a way to give support for at least one of my capture devices in
> Messenger?
>
> Thanks Everyone would help me.
> Greetings from Italy , Rome , to all the great Newsgroup!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Max Headroom
January 15th 04, 12:44 AM
Thanks Joel , for your tip for my English , ...but i said.... I'm Italian ,
my English is very poor....sorry.....

Joel Estes
January 15th 04, 12:57 AM
This will not help solve your problem, but changing EVERYONE to ANYONE will
help the English.

Joel

"Max Headroom" > wrote in message
...
> Hello everyone
> I write from Italy , sorry for my English...
>
> I have a problem with Messenger 6.1
>
> I Don't have a Webcam , and i don't wanna buy one. but i have a Camcorder
,
> a Sony with DV output and Composite Output that i would use as a webcam.
>
> Also i have three Capture cards , and a Firewire HUB with three DV input
> ports.
>
> The three Capture cards are :
> An Old old Matrox Millennium2 AGP With Rainbow Runner Add-on Capture Card.
>
> An ASUS AGP V7700 Deluxe with Video IN
>
> A Pinnacle Studio Deluxe With External BoX for composite - S-Video IN-OUT
> and onboard DV IN-OUT.
>
> All these cards have the own latest drivers released from manufacturer.
> I Experienced problems with video conferencing in Messenger 6.0 and 6.1
> There is no way to start video conferencing with others , because there is
> no video at all.
>
> The problem varied using Win ME , Win XP PRO, and Win 2000 PRO ,
>
> OK , the old Matrox Has no support in XP and 2K , but works fine in WIN ME
> with her own PC-VCR Remote , the other two cards Works fine with any OS
and
> their respective capture software. The Camcorder works Fine , and all
cables
> and connections are OK.
>
> I have problem only with Messenger (and also same identical in NETMEETING)
,
> to use the camcorder as a Webcam , through any capture device.
>
> Messenger lets me select the capture device (Only in WIN2K) in "Webcam
> Settings" , but never shows the video , no one of my three capture card
> Works.
>
> In WIN XP , messenger find my Sony Camcorder , but anyway there is no
video
> at all.
>
> Messenger , also after selecting video device , always says in the video
> window
>
> "Unable to change Webcam Settings because webcam is not connected or you
are
> using it in another program" (Traduced from Italian)
> But this isn't True! , i'm not using any other program , and i don't have
a
> Webcam.
> Why Messenger doesn't identify my Video Capture Hardware?
>
> Only using DV Input of my three ports Firewire HUB , using the Audio/Video
> setting Wizard, i can see the image from my camcorder , after selecting
the
> appropriate video
> input , but exiting , the problem is unsolved , and i have no video at
all.
>
> SO:
> Does Everyone have my same problem?
> Does everyone Has Solved it ? And How?
> Can Everyone Help me?
> Is there a way to give support for at least one of my capture devices in
> Messenger?
>
> Thanks Everyone would help me.
> Greetings from Italy , Rome , to all the great Newsgroup!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Max Headroom
January 15th 04, 12:57 AM
Thanks Joel , for your tip for my English , ...but i said.... I'm Italian ,
my English is very poor....sorry.....

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