What application would cause the Motion-Eye Webcam to be in use upon Start-Up? Are the drivers/software only compatible with Windows Vista?

Crystal Eye is a webcam application included with some Acer laptops.
Laptops that have the Crystal Eye WebCam application installed also have a camera built in to the monitor.
Crystal Eye can adjust the camera's brightness, contrast and color intensity, and capture photos.
If you removed the Crystal Eye WebCam application from your Acer laptop on accident, you can download the software from the Acer website and reinstall the application to your PC.

Click "Start." Click "Control Panel." Input "device" into the search box. Click "Device Manager."
Expand "Imaging Devices."
Double-click the Web camera to find the name of the manufacturer.
Go to Acer Support.
Select "Notebook" from the "Select Your Product" menu.
Select the notebook's product line, then select its product model.
Click "Confirm."
Click the "Applications" tab.
Select an operating system from the "Operating Systems" drop-down menu on the far right.
Scroll to "Camera." Download "WebCam Application."
Use the manufacturer information found in Device Manager to determine which vendor to download from.
Save the file to the desktop.
Double-click the file to run the setup for the Crystal Eye WebCam.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Acer supporthttp://support.acer.com/us/en/default.aspx
Click start control panel view devices and printers you should see your webcam from there
if you are have trouble with your webcam
Click start control panel administrative tools computer management device manager scroll down image devices you could see a yellow question mark?
right click to reinstall drivers or update driver xp
Click start right click on computer select properties device manager scroll to image devices expand right click to update driver in W7
http://download.cnet.com/2000-20_4.html
on the home page you should see a search tab just type in what you are looking for
IE: webcam name webcam driver you might have to try a few times to get it right
software if you dont have the driver you will need to download one here rather doing a driver hunt which can take hours
http://download.cnet.com/slimdrivers-free/3000-18513_4-75279940.html
Windows XP/Vista/7/8
It might take some time being a freeware driver solution
note: it will find all of your outdated drivers
this is a free driver solutions
This will automatically search for and find the correct driver
you will have to update every driver individually once you update you might be asked whether you
want to restart or make a system restore point click no to both of these then continue updating each driver free then restart once all of the drivers have been updated
Some webcams and programs require additional software, although that should be installed with the webcam if things are right.
But is does not harm to check if your Java, Flash and Quicktime software are installed and up to date.
But certainly check your DirectX software, since all video applications, including webcams, use DirectX for video processing.
Try downloading the latest DirectX version and install it (Windows XP: DirectX 9.0c - Windows Vista: DirectX 10).
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Which-version-of-DirectX-is-on-your-computer

You can download the WEBcam and device drivers from the Sony WEB site.
Select your model notebook and the Windows drivers you require. Please click on this link to the Sony support WEB site :-
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/select-system.pl?PRODTYPE=1,24,72&DIRECTOR=DRIVER

click start control panel view devices and printers you should see your webcam from there
if you are have trouble with your webcam

click start control panel administrative tools computer management device manager scroll down image devices you could see a yellow question mark?
right click to reinstall drivers or update driver xp

click start right click on computer select properties device manager scroll to image devices expand right click to update driver in W7




Some webcams and programs require additional software, although that should be installed with the webcam if things are right.

But is does not harm to check if your Java, Flash and Quicktime software are installed and up to date.
But certainly check your DirectX software, since all video applications, including webcams, use DirectX for video processing.

Try downloading the latest DirectX version and install it (Windows XP: DirectX 9.0c - Windows Vista: DirectX 10).
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Which-version-of-DirectX-is-on-your-computer


hope this helps

http://download.cnet.com/acer-crystal-eye-webcam/3000-2108_4-188685.html

http://download.cnet.com/acer-crystal-eye-webcam/3000-2110_4-202548.html

Try any of the following drivers from the acer support website.


NOTE: These drivers are for windows vista but should also work for windows 7 under compatibility mode if they dont install properly. I do believe these drivers to be compatible with most acer model that have the crystal eye webcam.

ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/extensa_5620/vista/Drivers_SP1/WebCamAP_SuYin_v2.0.4_Vistax64x32_IRCXC002.zip

ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/extensa_5620/vista/Drivers_SP1/WebCamAP_Bison_v2.0.0.14_Vistax64x32_IRCAF003.zip

ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/extensa_5620/vista/Drivers_SP1/WebCamDriver_SuYin_v5.8.32.500%20_Vistax64x32_IRCZC001(INF).zip

ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/extensa_5620/vista/Drivers_SP1/WebCamDriver_SuYin_v5.8.32.500%20_Vistax64x32_IRCZC001.zip


Drivers for Windows XP and Vista.

ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/extensa_5620/driver/Webcam_Suyin_AP_v1.0.8_Vista_XP.zip

ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/extensa_5620/driver/Webcam_Suyin_Driver_v5.7.28.500-1.0%20_Vista_XP.zip

The built-in Motion Eye Camera is designed to add video functionality to many instant Messaging or video editing Software applications (such as Windows Messenger or MovieMaker). However the configuration process and support for how to set-up these individual applications is provided by the Software manufacturer, not Sony. Please contact your Yahoo Messenger support team for assistance on how to configure their Software.

TIP: Simply turning on your Computer activates that camera, so no specific
action is required to start the video services. Please note that only one
application can access the video signal at a time. If the signal is already
in use by one application, it will not be able to be detected by a second

Follow this procedure to take still image pictures with the integrated Sony Motion Eye camera.
1. On the taskbar, click Start and then click My Computer.
2. In the My Computer window, double-click the Sony Visual Communications icon.
3. In the Sony Visual Communications window, under Camera Tasks, click Take new picture.

Follow this procedure to capture video with the integrated Sony Motion Eye camera.
1. On the taskbar, click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Windows Movie Maker.
2. In the Windows Movie Maker window, on the left side under Capture Video, click Capture from video device.

Hi remopuccio,

You can use the Motion Eye Camera using the "WebCam Companion 2" Software installed in the Computer. To locate the Application, please click "Start", "All Programs", ArcSoft WebCam Companion 2" and "WebCam Companion 2".

If the Camera is not working with the WebCam Companion 2 Software, you may need to re-install the Camera Applications and the Drivers in the Computer to fix the issue.

Hope this helps.

Good Luck!

Please post back if you require further assistance.

Thanks for using FixYa.

Sony has not released the Windows 7 Driver for this Computer model. However, you can try installing the original Windows Vista Driver to resolve the issue.

Please download the Driver from the below link

Download the Driver

Please click the "Accept" button on the page to download the Driver.

Then, please unzip the file and double click on the "DPInst32.exe" file to begin the installation.

After installing the Driver, please restart the Computer for the settings to take the effect.

Camera should work correctly after installing this Driver.

However, you may need to download and install the Camera Application to use the Camera. You may also use the Camera with any messenger Application like Skype or Windows Live Messenger.

You can download the Windows 7 Compatible "ArcSoft WebCam Companion Software from the below link.

Download the Software

Please click on the "Download Now"option on the page.

Then, please double click on the file to begin the installation.

After that restart the Computer for the settings to take the effect.

Then, the Camera should work correctly with the WebCam Companion Software.

You will need to get XP drivers for the product, they can be found here.

I have windows vista sony vaio vgn fe880e buying at america, but I dont have drivers of motion eye web camera