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Q: Camera doesn't work on Windows 8.1 on MacBook Pro

I have a MacBook Pro 15" 2.5GHz

When I run Windows 8.1 Enterprise on BootCamp the webcam is not working properly, hardly at all, in fact.

In all apps I tried (e.g. Skype) the image is "heavily shaking" (it looks as if each frame is taken with a different angle, even though that doesn't make sense because there is only one camera).

Then, when I close the app, the camera isn't "released". That is, even though I close the app (or at least try to), the green light next to the camera stays on, and the camera becomes unusable. At least in one occasion I even had problems rebooting the computer after this.

 

The driver for the FaceTime HD Camera seems to be up to date - 5.0.22.0

MacBook Pro with Retina display, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 on BootCamp

Posted on May 4, 2015 2:23 AM

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