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    M14x Camera/Mic Issue

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Zinx93, Sep 1, 2011.

  1. Zinx93

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    Hey,

    So I recently got a fully loaded m14x with basically all the top specs possible. It runs great and I could not be more happy with it, except for two small things that bother me. When I go on skype, there used to be the blue flashing light which I fixed easily by turning off the automatic white balance setting. However, now when I try to talk to people the camera just zooms to random places and it is really annoying. It never just stays normal at the distance it is away from me, it will zoom to the top right corner of my forehead and then back and then to the top left and just stay there. It is like it is trying to find something that can't be found and I just want it to stay put.... Does anybody know how to fix this? Oh ya and the built in mic is really quiet and nobody can hear me on it anymore. It used to work but now it doesn't, I have a headset though so it isn't the end of the world, this is more of a side problem.

    Thanks

    EDIT: Been reading around and apparently a lot of people have the mic problem. I don't really care about that, my headset is fine, I can't find anyone with the stupid camera zooming issue though....

    EDIT 2: Turned off the Face Tracking Option in the Live Central App. Camera works perfectly now. Sorry for wasting whoever read this posts time but ill leave it here just in case someone else has this problem :)