LifeCam VX 3000 no mic and sound
I just bought a LifeCam VX 3000 to replace my Logica camera.
The reason I'm replacing is because with Logica I sometimes couldn't get the sound and mic to work. But now I'm seeing the same sypmtom with my new LifeCam.
The sound and mic bar on the right of both video images are stuck at the bottom and won't move up.
I use a Vista Ultimate system.
The only way to get it to work is to close and run Live Messenger again and again (till it just starts to work).
I've tried the LifeCam on another USB port, I've tried adding another mic, I've tried it on another Vista system, and I've tried every setting on the menu, but I could not find a exact repro step, trend or a method to fix this.
Am I am only one seeing this symptom?
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TayeKim] at [2008-1-9]
I set up a LifeCam VX-3000 on my computer running Vista Home Premium and it was working fine within Messenger. After moving the computer to a different room (removing and replacing all external devices) I now can not get Messenger to detect the built-in microphone. It seems that the microphone does work, since if I go into Control Panel>Sound and access the microphone tab, it seems to be working normally (bar graph moves according to sound). I have another new VX-3000 camera and I get the same results from it.
I have tried removing and reinstalling the device, the LifeCam software, moving the cam to different USB ports all to no avail. I did finally get it working again by trying your idea of just closing and re-launching Messenger. After a few tries, the mic is recognized and working normally. This definitely seems to be an issue with Messenger (I am running version 8.1 (build 8.1.0178.00).
Dave
Thanks for the reply.
It seems like this was a problem on a particular model.
I tried it on two other laptops and it worked fine.
I have tried everything but I could not find a way to repro this nor could I fix it.
STKim
Well I tried installing another one of these same cameras on my brother's computer (Vista) and while going through the setup, the microphone and sound both work normally. When I try a video call in Messenger, there is no sound at all (I can not hear the other person and they can not hear me). Both the mic and speaker adjustments are greyed out. When I go into the audio and video setup option in Messenger, everything works normally. I tried all the usual troubleshooting steps, but nothing has helped.
I am starting to think that these cameras are just garbage.
