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I have Corel MuliCam Capture software. The frustrating thing is I have a really old PC and it recognizes all 3 webcams without any issues at all, BUT, I have a much, much new PC and no matter what I do, for some reason, it just wont recognize more than ONE webcam!! I have a USB strip and a light comes on next to each device that it recognizes and only ONE light comes on next to ONE of the cameras! What can I do? So, so very frustrating! This is NOT a software issue because it is an issuee of the PC recognizing that the cameras are even there before I even get to the software!
The bad news: It's 100% hardware. On my home computer, I was able to get all webcams to work, but not at the same time. I have a logitec, and 2 off-brand identical cameras. The Logitec plays along side one of the other webcams. But not the identical webcams at the same time. It's firmware or the driver, that can't change. I've tried javascript, java, and many other webcam apps and get the exact same resutls.
The good news: After trying everything on my home computer. (Win10 Dell PC). I finally gave up and tried it on my laptop. (Win10 dell laptop). The first time I tried it, it worked like a charm. All 4 cams worked at the same time. And my new javascript works beautifully, as well as obs. The Logitech, the 2 identical off0brand cams, as well as the built-in cam.
Symptom: The identical cams have the same hardware id (device id), the PC thinks it's one cam and won't play them both at the same time. The Win10 PCwith USB2 ports mostly, and a couple of USB3 ports. The laptop was all USB3 ports.
Solution: You'll need a new PC. Or at least a new USB3 card. I wish I could say exactly what the issue is. But not 100% sure. I'm leaning toward the USB ports. I'm a software expert, so hopefully some hardware expert can expound on exactly what's different between my desktop vs. laptop. No issues at all getting multiple webcams, even if they're identical, to work on my laptop. Also note that my laptop is newer and more powerful than my desktop.
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Check for updates. Select Start , then select Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Check for updates. If you see the option to View optional updates, select it to see if there are updates available for your camera. Allow available updates to install, then restart your device when it's ready.
After allowing access to the camera, go to Choose which Microsoft Store apps can access your camera and turn on camera access for the apps you want. Only apps installed from the Microsoft Store will show in this list.
I used the default camera App as well as other camera simple software on occasion and both cameras showed up. I mean the app would let me switch between them easily to select which one was currently showing a video display.
Some update or magic event occurred. The camera app ran and blinked yet would show no actual picture. It still showed 2 select-able cameras. It would switch to the other but it too blinked repeatedly having no picture to display.
System Restore was my GOTO for fixing such things. Manually created restore points always drop off over time. Two recent System points showed up but nothing older. Both politely failed to restore at all.
Either works plugged in alone or if they are both plugged in, whoever got there first wins. If the recognized first plugged in camera is removed, the one left is now found. That 'active' designation does not change whether either OR both are plugged in to a USB 2 OR 3 port. I have tested between those choices. The 2nd plugged in one is always the software unseen camera.
It also occurred to me that a change in the Registry could make the 2 cameras appear more separate if their presumably too much alike-ness is the real catch here after the RE-install of Windows 10 Home.
The first day after enabling Webcam control in Kaspersky, while regularly browsing with my broser (LibreWolf) i got a notification that Microsoft edge is using my webcam, even though I never use this browser. Of course at first i thought that this is a virus so performed a full scan as well as scan with HitmanPro in safe mode, but nothing was found. After that I tried to clean all browser data in Edge and noticed that this notification appears for a couple of seconds every time I clean browser data as well. So I wonder should I be concerned there is a virus which couldn't be found, is it a bug or Edge actually periodically randomly uses webcam for some reason?
The first day after enabling Webcam control in Kaspersky, while regularly browsing with my broser (LibreWolf) i got a notification that Microsoft edge is using my webcam, even though I never use this browser.
Browsers based on the chromium engine (Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, among others) have this behavior by default (Most likely, some process being executed by the browser, such as an automatic update, for example, causes this behavior to happen)
The first day after enabling Webcam control in Kaspersky, while regularly browsing with my broser (LibreWolf) i got a notification that Microsoft edge is using my webcam, even though I never use this browser. Of course at first i thought that this is a virus so performed a full scan as well as scan with HitmanPro in safe mode, but nothing was found. After that I tried to clean all browser data in Edge and noticed that this notification appears for a couple of seconds every time I clean browser data as well.
Windows limits programs' access to your webcam and microphone to help protect your privacy and security. Normally this is excellent, but it can occasionally result in your webcam working in some programs and not others.
Click the switches for "Camera access" and "Let desktop apps access your camera" if they're set to off. Then look through the list of applications and make sure that the program you're trying to use has been set to "On."
Your browser also has security measures in place to prevent websites from accessing your microphone and camera without permission. Normally a website like Omegle that requires them will prompt you when it is trying to access your webcam or microphone. Each browser is a little different, but they all look similar to the one below.
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This worked perfect until a few months ago. After checking this forum I learned to uninstall the device via the device manager of windows under the "Biometric devices". After a restart windows automatically reinstalls the correct drivers and the IR camera works fine again.
This I did every week to keep the camera working but since a few weeks nothing helps anymore and I cannot get my IR camera to work.
I reinstalled the HP drivers for the webcam (SP88464) without succes.
I removed the hello login and reconfigured without succes.
Unfortunately I did not find the "Power Management" option. Its an internal webcam of my laptop, not sure if this can be switched off.
On the website you mention I do not find the driver you are talking about. I let the website identify my laptop but he does not find any drivers for the webcam. Any URL to download directly?
I am aware about the button to switch off the webcam. The webcam is working perfect. It is just the IR camera which is used by Hello from Windows to login with low light.
I did see 1 big difference: I only have the HP True Vision Camera listed, not the IR camera. Also no camera listed in the USB section.
Thank you for the link for the driver but it is not working. It landing on a download confirmation page. I am not able to go 1 step back so I still don't find the driver. Can you please try again sending another link to the driver you found?
I also checked the BIOS setup on startup but did not find anything related to the camera...
Trying to keep sending it in for repair as a last resort....