How to identify your webcam (and then find its driver)

Hi Mr777 and welcome to TechSpot :wave:

Based on that ID, it looks like a pretty old cam. Are you still running XP 32bit? On first look, it seems 32 bit XP is the only supported OS for that cam

Yes i am running 32 bit xp and i want to make it running at every cost. Thanks for such a quick response. your help will be greatly appreciated. thanks

@LookInAround: Bump, Bump

Patience Mr777

Turn around for a reply can be several hours (if not several days!). You're getting yours all in under an hour!

All of us here volunteer our time - when we have it - to help

Try the download HERE

There's no installation EXE, see How to Install a Driver when there's no Installation .EXE file to run

Hope it works!

Going to give it a try and LookInAround, it's such an urgent need, you can't even guess. But i really appreciate your help. Thanks alot.

@LookInAround: Driver installed successfully and i can't find anything to start it. I tried restarting my PC too. I have a program that finds cameras attached and captures video, it also saying no video device attached. what now?

I got a huge problem, searching for like.. 4 days ? i still cannot find right driver...Under device manager it says USB Video device..
hardware id 1) USB\VID_174F&PID_1718&REV_0104&MI_00
Hardware ID 2)USB\VID_174F&PID_1718&MI_00

I would be really glad if you could help me..
thanks

@Mr777
That's odd
1) If you right click the cam in Device Manager->Properties, is Device Status= Working Properly?
2) If above is true, does the cam appear listed under Imaging devices?
3) If both the above are true, then i don't know the problem or why your program doesn't detect the cam

@veiko70
What version of Windows are you running?

Windows 7 64 bit

veiko70

Not much luck either finding a Win 7 driver for your cam's hardware IDs...

In fact, i'd venture a guess that's an old Syntek webcam. And when i looked at other Syntek web cams they all seem old, many only see to support XP (let alone 64 bit Win 7).

If the generic win 7 cam driver isn't working with that cam (as it apparently doesn't seem you have the problem) it's probably time to get a new Win 7 64 bit compatible cam

Thanks for responde, but it is built in Asus webcam, i have done already recover. and still nothing.. Any suggestions?+ that notebook has bought like 2 months ago. Asus N53Sv

If it is an Asus N53sv, the webcam should be either a Chicony or an Azurewave camera, both of which have drivers on the Asus support site.
But the hardware ID for those is not the same as the one you posted, so that seems very odd.
Have you tried simply uninstalling the device in the Device Manager? After that do a reboot and see if it comes back. You have never had an external webcam connected?

no i havent... its build in webcam..

Is the notebook still under warranty? I'd check with Asus. It may also be a cam hardware issue

Some cams work with the Windows 7 generic cam driver that comes as part of Windows 7 (in fact, some Windows 7 compatible cams don't have their own hardware specific driver but are supposed to work with the Win7 generic)

If you right click the USB video device in Device Manager->Properties.
> Is there a Driver tab? If so, does it say Provider is Microsoft?
If so, the cam is currently using the generic W7 driver.

As ron111, already noted there are some cam drivers on the ASUS support page for your notebook (these are "hardware specific" drivers) Problem being that none of them match your cam's hardware IDs. That suggests to me (i.e. my GUESS) that either
> Your cam doesn't have a hardware specific driver. And should work with the W7 generic driver OR
> The Asus support site for you notebook is missing the h/w specific driver needed for your cam OR
> Your cam is supposed to work with generic (which is why no h/w specific driver is on the Asus site in the first place) but your h/w is bad

hi my web cam hardware id is

USB\VID_0AC8&PID_0301&REV_0100
USB\VID_0AC8&PID_0301

i have found its drivers and i have downloaded it.but my webcam is not working. please tell me what to do after downloading the zip files?

plz help i hav tried everything what you have told to others..but didnt get success

when i open the unzipped gile..a file called amcap comes..its type is application and when i click on it an error comes stating
"error 8007045a: cannot create video capture filter"

i m using windows 7 64 bit (asus and AMD)

@abhikumar0805 - The error message you are getting with amcap is in most cases related to the fact that the webcam is not recognized by amcap. Keep in mind that amcap is a webcam application, not a driver in itself.
So you still need the webcam driver to be installed, and Windows should recognize the webcam properly in the Device Manager, before amcap (or other applications) will be able to use the webcam.

Are you certain you have the right webcam driver? And once you install it, does it show correctly in the Device Manager without errors?
If it does, and amcap does not work, try a different webcam application (maybe something like SplitCam or ManyCam, which I have found to compatible with many webcams).

Based on that Hardware ID, my GUESS is that your web cam is pretty old. The drivers i found (and probably the one you tried) are also old and aren't compatible with Windows 7 64bit.

If Device Manager shows a driver installed, it;s probably the generic Windows driver (right click your cam->Properties->Driver tab. If Driver Provider is Microsoft it's the generic driver).

I think you'll need to get a new cam that's compatible with W7 b4-bit

so there is no way that i can use this web cam?

soon i ll b purchasing a laptop or tab with in built webcam..so i dont want to spend some bucks on new webcam..so is der any way dat i can use my nokia 5130 or n-70 camera as a web cam?
if yes den plz reply with the method. ineed it urgently .
thanx

omg
seems u know a lot about camera, i wish u could help me with my issue
but i cant post link and send u a private msg either too bad TT
thanks