Windows 10: camera upside down

camera upside down

:)

 

Asus K52JE | Camera upside down

I did exactly what you said, but when I install the Azurewave 5.8.54000.205 driver, this is what happens:





Windows 10 generic webcam driver works, but the picture is upside down.
I read that this happens because Asus phisically installed the webcam upside down in some of its laptops, and then the driver "fixed" this by flipping the picture, but unfortunately it seems that W7 x64 driver is not compatible with W10.

And of course the generic one doesn't know that the camera is installed upside down.

Asus should do something about it, probably it would be very easy for them to release a new driver, but I doubt they will since this model is a few years old now. *Sad

 

Asus K52JE | Camera upside down

To be completely clear, I still had to install the Windows 7 x64 driver from Asus website.
With that driver, the camera doesn't work (as we seen before) in Microsoft Store apps (like Camera and Skype) but it works perfectly on "desktop" Skype.

With the generic Windows 10 driver, the camera was upside down also on desktop Skype.

 

Asus K52JE | Camera upside down

Mmmm.
"The camera cannot be found." "Check that it is connected and installed correctly, that it is not affected by antivirus software and that the camera drivers are updated"
It seems that Windows 10 does not like that driver.

If the camera were installed upside down then it is possible to open up the unit and switch it around.
The problem I have with the idea that it is upside down is that on the K52 laptop I have worked on the webcam is rectangular - long and thin - and the connection only reaches from one side. If your camera was the same there would not be enough wire to reach to the other side.
But maybe it is different.
I'm sure it would be tough to get it to a repair shop given our current circumstances, but it could be an idea.

Unfortunately, the generic Windows driver does not have any options for changing the screen orientation.

It will be interesting to see what Asus support has to say.