Windows 10: Webcam problems with Anniversary Update - preliminary solution

Webcam for Videochats: Under Windows 10 the Anniversary Update will cause major problems.


Under the Hashtag #webcamgate spread many messages, according to which the Windows 10 Anniversary Update problems with webcams makes. According to the site thurrott.com are affected millions of webcams. The author writes, "Microsoft has made major changes to Windows 10 and webcam support, which affect not only private users but also businesses. After [Installation of the Anniversary Update], Windows no longer allows any USB webcams using MJPEG or H264 [as a compression standard]. Only YUY2 encoding still works. "


Microsoft has thus screwed up the support for webcam streams and adopted standards that apparently many users have needed for their video chat in Skype and Co. The MJPEG and H264 standards could have caused performance problems, as suggested. If users try to start a webcam that has been set up correctly after the Anniversary Update, the device crashes.


In a support forum, Microsoft has confirmed the error with webcams. A patch is currently being designed that addresses the problem. The completion is imminent. However, the download is not yet available until September.


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In the meantime, a registry change helps to continue to use webcams. If necessary, open the registry by calling the Start menu and typing "regedit". Navigate to the key: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ WOW6432Node \ Windows Media Foundation \ Platform" and add a DWORD value named "EnableFrameServerMode" and the value of "0" (null). A subsequent restart of the webcam application (such as Skype) is supposed to solve the problem for the time being.