Wireless Camera for MSN messenger

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Brand new Linksys wireless internet camera WVC54G.

Will not be recognized as a web cam. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Linksys says it can't be done. Says it is only for recording and monitoring.
For $300 it this seems to be crazy. They offer DDNS service as an internet
camera. Why can't the camera be incorporated into your basic system as a Web
Cam?

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?)

Greetings LKB,

Messenger uses the standard DirectShow interface for its webcam support; if the webcam
doesn't support this (or rather, if the driver doesn't), then you can't use it in Messenger.

This is really up to Linksys.
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"LKB" <LKB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FD9F55EE-9C1B-42C3-B641-8447700D45EA@microsoft.com...
> Brand new Linksys wireless internet camera WVC54G.
>
> Will not be recognized as a web cam. Does anyone know how to fix this?
>
> Linksys says it can't be done. Says it is only for recording and monitoring.
> For $300 it this seems to be crazy. They offer DDNS service as an internet
> camera. Why can't the camera be incorporated into your basic system as a Web
> Cam?