On August 2nd, If your webcam has stopped functioning after installing the Anniversary updates of Windows 10, you are not alone but the good news is a fix is coming, hopefully in September.
The problem is that after installing the update, Windows no longer allows USB webcams to use MJPEG or H264 encoded streams and is only allowing YUY2 encoding.
Microsoft decided that the Camera Frame Server should only receive an uncompressed YUY2 encoding stream from the webcam, which is affecting far more devices than Microsoft expected, causing Millions of cameras to crash.
This is the reason why your camera hangs, freezes, or simply not works when you try to do a video calling with your friend over Skype.
The fix for this problem is supposed to release in September, but there’s a registry hack you can use to fix the problem and get your webcam working properly today.
First, open the registry editor by opening the Start menu, typing “regedit”, and pressing Enter.
Then, navigate to the following key in the left sidebar:
Right-click the “Platform” key in the left sidebar and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
Name the value “EnableFrameServerMode”. Double-click it and set the value to “0”.
The next part depends on if you’re using a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows to perform this process. If you’re using a 32-bit version of Windows 10, you’re done–no more tweaks necessary. If you’re using a 64-bit version of Windows 10, though, you’ll also need to navigate to the following key in the left sidebar:
Add the same setting here, right-clicking the “Platform” key and adding a DWORD value with the name “EnableFrameServerMode” and the value “0”.
You can now close the registry editor. Your change will take effect immediately. Just relaunch any applications where your webcam was freezing and they should work normally–no reboot or sign out necessary.
The problem is that after installing the update, Windows no longer allows USB webcams to use MJPEG or H264 encoded streams and is only allowing YUY2 encoding.
Microsoft decided that the Camera Frame Server should only receive an uncompressed YUY2 encoding stream from the webcam, which is affecting far more devices than Microsoft expected, causing Millions of cameras to crash.
This is the reason why your camera hangs, freezes, or simply not works when you try to do a video calling with your friend over Skype.
The fix for this problem is supposed to release in September, but there’s a registry hack you can use to fix the problem and get your webcam working properly today.
First, open the registry editor by opening the Start menu, typing “regedit”, and pressing Enter.
Then, navigate to the following key in the left sidebar:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Media Foundation\Platform
Right-click the “Platform” key in the left sidebar and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
Name the value “EnableFrameServerMode”. Double-click it and set the value to “0”.
The next part depends on if you’re using a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows to perform this process. If you’re using a 32-bit version of Windows 10, you’re done–no more tweaks necessary. If you’re using a 64-bit version of Windows 10, though, you’ll also need to navigate to the following key in the left sidebar:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Media Foundation\Platform
Add the same setting here, right-clicking the “Platform” key and adding a DWORD value with the name “EnableFrameServerMode” and the value “0”.
You can now close the registry editor. Your change will take effect immediately. Just relaunch any applications where your webcam was freezing and they should work normally–no reboot or sign out necessary.
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