Asus Webcam C3 Software

[Vickiana Sconyers]

Needhelp with a Asus 27" monitor I bought. Model VK278Q. The issue is that the webcam will not work properly. Various applications can see the webcam, but I just get a black box. From what I have read, the issue seems to be that there are no official drivers for the webcam.

I thought someone in this community might be able to offer some help before I return the monitor. I read somewhere that it may be possible to tweat the OS so that the iSight software will work for the monitor webcam.

I finally realized after hours of reading these forums, switching between HDMI and DVI cables, downloading various software, and testing all of the solutions provided, that the built-in webcam actually connects separately through the USB connection on the monitor. Duh!

Seems counterintuitive for a built in camera to require extra cables. I simply added a USB cable from the monitor to my 2014 mac mini (yosemite 10.10.5) then set the camera in Skype preferences to the ASUS USB2.0 camera that it recognized - And voila!

Hi there. OK another 2 steps forward and one back. Now that I loaded the software, I can record a video using the ASUS webcam. So, we now know there is no hardware issue. But, none of my applications that use webcam -- Skype, iChat, Facetime -- recognize the ASUS webcam. See screenshot of USB Vision preferences showing my live picture in the preview section...

I had no luck with that though. So either my theory is wrong or I didn't do it right.

I'm going to play some more and see what I can come up with. But by the looks of things so far, lowering the resolution seems to fix it in USBVision.

Now open the program you want to use your webcam on. Photo Booth, Skype, whatever. Select the webcam/input source in the preferences of the program as 'Cam Twist'. Then in Cam Twist click your saved setup in the 'Saved Setups' list (mine is ASUS Cam), and click the 'Select' button at the bottom. - You can also select 'Auto load' to have it load that setup every time.

Number 2 of course can be a flaw, because people can watch you through your webcam, and the only way you know if someone's doing that (for the average user) is if the light's on. So make sure you switch Cam Twist off when you're not using your webcam.

Sorry for the delayed response. Unfortunately, this did not help me. CamTwist installed and I can see my image in the preview. But, it does not drive the camera in any of the apps. Boy is this frustrating.

Ummm... Just a thought, John.... With all you have tried unsuccessfully, and with ASUS's own Service Center telling you that your Mac is not supported, it seems it might be time to consider some Mac compatible hardware alternatives instead.

Hi there. OK, my words are not precise enough... My issue is that I purchased the monitor with a webcam integrated so buying a stand alone web cam defeats the whole purpose. I need to find a way to make this webcam work. So, I need a s/w solution. That is what I am asking the universe to help me figure out.

But as all of you found out it does not work. I did try USBvision trick at 320x240 and that worked. I tried CamTwist but have different result. First I don't see CamTwist as an option in the aplications webcam list but it still worked with PhotoBooth as described above by others.

I just got a Mac Mini and an Asus monitor with webcam, same problem. Camtwist didn't work nor did anything else. Just found a great app called iglasses and it worked!! With Photbooth and Facetime anyway, I don't use Skype. Still need a mic though as the webcam doesn't have one. Stupid right? anyway here is the website :

i try to use the webcam of my old 1101HA EEEPC from Asus with the intention of connecting it up to a computer via USB. I just can`t find the right cablecolors for this specific board. Supposedly this webcam has a USB interface (was recognized as USB device in Taskmanager)

I would like to know what I would need to do to connect this board (picture of connector pins) to a normal USB- Cable. Maybe someone did and can help we with the colors ? I hoped somebody maybe did this before with this model and got a datasheert or mainboard circuit sheet. I do this just out of curiosity and because i like experimenting.

My webcam is flipped upside down. Tried flipping it back with v4l2, but the settings doesn't apply. In Cheese I can manually flip the webcam but the effect doesn't generalize to other applications, such as firefox/chrome or skype.

UPDATE: Since the new skype app is basically a WebApp this solution won't work with Skype for Linux Beta (Skype 5.0+). Also many functions present in older releases are not yet implemented in this new one. For this solution to work you need to look for a multi arch build of an older version, e.g. skype-4-3-0-37-multi-ubu.deb

Hello guys,,,

I was using Antergos and did a fresh Arch instlall during this quarentine.

I have a Laptop => ASUS A53S

My built-in webcam was working fine with Antergos but now, I have a problem using Arch. If I load v4l2 or hangouts video, I get a blackscreen video. I can notice my webcam light turns green on top of my laptop.

I tried _setup solution but my camera didn't initialize.

xawtv doesn't load

guvcview loads but not image.

v4l2 loads but no image too.

Still waiting for a full dmesg log and not the truncated snippets you have posted. When you post parts of logs, it comes across as though you are trying to hide something. It would give us ideas about hardware, for instance if you had a nvidia card, as you previously said...

I Actually have a Asus Q525UAR 2-in-1. After I have opened my laptop to check if there are free m.2 slot, the camera is not anymore detected. When opening camera app it shows the camera not attached error 0xa00f4244.

There are actually 2 cables from the display that is connected to the motherboard. One big one on the left side of the motherboard and is nearer to the display. Another smaller one near the battery.

Can't find out with your model but if it there is only one cable (EDP cable) to the display, most likely the camera leads will be in it as well. It would be unusual if it became a bit loose that it didn't affect something else as well

I'm actually talking about the cable with yellowish ribbon... It has the same ribbon as the one you pointed out; it is also wired through the hinge to the display; and it is located in where most cables i've seen in this forum for the webcam wiring.

You're probably right about it being the display webcam, microphone cable and the cable near the power cable that was highlighted by you is most probably for something else if it doesn't go to a hinge.

When working inside a laptop always disconnect the battery from the motherboard as soon as it is accessible and don't reconnect it until you've finished and have to close the laptop up. This doesn't mean that you have to remove it (although with some these days you do),just disconnect it.

That way if anything goes wrong, tools slipping etc the risk of causing an electrical problem is negated. There is still the danger of ESD damage caused by touching sensitive components with your fingers etc so using earthed wrist strap would be preferable, but if you're careful it should be OK.

Remember to handle carefully. If something doesn't come undone or loose etc, don't get frustrated and apply force. Stop and think about it. Check for locking bars, clips etc on connectors and if there are none pull out by the plug and not the wires.

To get to the display you may have to find similar models on YouTube and look for screen replacement videos to see how to access the screen so that the camera module cable connection can be checked. It may also be that there is a connection where the display cable connects to the display that it branches from there to go up to the webcam so that may have to be checked as well.

Hi and welcome! Whilst not the same device as yours it would appear that in respect of your webcam it is not supported because hardware manufacturers only provide drivers for Windows. A lot of hardware drivers has had to be reverse engineered before getting submitted to the Linux kernel which Zorin has no control over. It would appear the only solution open to you is to purchase an external webcam.

There are several reasons why your Asus webcam stopped working. It could be related to privacy settings, function keys coupled to your webcam, outdated device drivers, or even antivirus programs.

Asus has specific function keys, and your web camera links to one of them. This link makes things more secure on the hardware side; unfortunately, some people do not know this and can get their webcams locked.

Step 3. If this does not solve it right-click on the device. You can choose Update driver to update it to the latest version. You can let Windows choose the best driver or pick it from a list. Alternatively, you can download the driver from the Asus website and choose Browse. Consequently, you can download a setup program from the Asus website to install the driver automatically; this should be the easiest method.

Every Windows computer nowadays has a restore point that you can access anytime. This restore point will bring your computer back to a known state when your webcam is working correctly. Follow the steps below:

Step 4. Choose your iPhone as a camera source in the Desktop client. You will now be able to use your video conferencing app with FineCam Virtual Camera as its source by clicking on Virtual Camera ON (the center button).

FineCam also enables you to control the webcam videos by zooming in/out, mirroring, rotating, adjusting color & brightness, and more. In addition, it supports adding multiple webcams and scenes for complex presentation use.

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