You don’t need to uninstall it, as you might want to use it in the future.You can use the same process for your microphone, by finding the device you don’t want to use under ‘Sound, Video and Game Controllers’. Next, you need to locate the devices you don’t want to use, in this case, it is the inbuilt webcam, you need to ‘right click’ on it and select ‘disable’. You may need to close it and open it again if you have trouble. I found that when I first plugged in my webcam, it took a few minutes to show up in Device Manager. Next, you need to double click on ‘Imaging Devices to expand the list of cameras available to you.You may find that you don’t see ‘Imaging Devices’ if this is the case look under ‘Cameras’.This issue seems to vary depending on the computer you are using. Click on it, and Device Manager will open as you see below. We go to the Start menu and begin typing ‘Device Manager’ you will then see it as the ‘Best Match’. I have also written a description of the process below the video. I am discussing Facebook Live in the video below, and since recording this, Facebook has added the settings to enable you to choose your equipment before going live.However, the process really applies to any application or program on your computer that uses your camera or microphone.
To Change The Default Webcam And Microphone In Your System Settings Doing this will enable you to use any external camera and microphone that you want to, really useful when the application or program you are using doesn’t give you these options. The solution is to change the default webcam and microphone in the computer’s system settings. I couldn’t select them anywhere Facebook just used the inbuilt webcam and microphone.
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How to Change the Default Webcam and Microphone in Windows 10įacebook Live had just become available on the desktop, so I thought I’d give it a go.I plugged in my USB webcam and microphone, and hmm – problem.
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