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Technodude
Iron Contributor
Jan 30, 2020

Webcam image is horizontally flipped

When video conferencing in Teams the image is flipped horizontally.  I cannot find any options to flip the image to the correct orientation like you can do in Skype 4 Business.   Any news on when t...
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  • LinusCansby's avatar
    LinusCansby
    Jan 30, 2020

    Hi,

     

    When you see your selfview in Teams it will be flipped, so it is easier for you. But when the other participants in the meeting see your video they will see it the correct way. So text will be mirrored for you but the correct way for others.

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Jesse_Litton
Iron Contributor
Sheez... I'm glad I found this thread. I've been putting flips into my ffmpeg/gstreamer/obs loopback streams to work around this problem... and now I find Microsoft thinks users are using their cam and Teams as a mirror.

At the very least, they should add a "mirrored locally only" disclaimer where they now have "preview" in the device settings.
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Spence1
Copper Contributor
Apr 06, 2020

My webcam image is upside down on ms teams. how can this be fixed?

  • ERabinowitz's avatar
    ERabinowitz
    Iron Contributor
    Apr 16, 2020

    Spence1 

    rotate your camera 180 degrees

    rotate your pc 180 degrees

    • KeithFL's avatar
      KeithFL
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 03, 2021

      or just sit upside down in your chair! ERabinowitz 

  • EP_Dooley's avatar
    EP_Dooley
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 09, 2020
    This is still an issue with Microsoft Teams and the webcam is flipped upside down. There are no options in the settings to update or modify the webcam settings. How can this be resolved or when will it be resolved?
    • RailacademyNorway's avatar
      RailacademyNorway
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 10, 2020

      EP_Dooley

      FWIW

       Hi, Just had the same problem with mirror image in Teams.

      Restarted the PC and it came out the right way.

      Strange, but have seen other issues with the camera when connecting to Logitech Group with the PC up and running, and all of them have been solved by rebooting the PC.

       

      Shutdown the PC first, connect to system and see if that helps.

      Not sure if this will work for everybody but it solved our problem for now.

      Good luck!

      • EP_Dooley's avatar
        EP_Dooley
        Copper Contributor
        Nov 13, 2020

        RailacademyNorway My WebCam Drive was the issue. I have the latest update for my older ASUS laptop. Unfortunately, Microsoft Teams or Skype does not give you the ability to adjust the inter WebCam. The cheapest solution is to purchase a new WebCam with USB connectivity. Then, in either Microsoft Teams or Skype, you go to the settings and use the new WebCam bypassing the older internal WebCam.

    • EP_Dooley's avatar
      EP_Dooley
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 13, 2020

      The issue is related to older laptops that convert from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I have an ASUS laptop and the WebCam driver is not compatible with new Conferencing software like Syke and Microsoft Teams. However, Zoom provides a 360 flip option that allows you to fix the flip video issue. I am not sure why Microsoft does not include the option to fix the video from the Setting options. Zoom has the fix available which is why many with older systems or laptop prefer to use Zoom software foe video conferencing.

       

      You other option that worked for me is to purchase a new stand alone WebCam. When you pull it into the older laptop USB it is recognized and installs the laptop. As an FYI, many older laptops dont have Bluetooth technology. So, you will need to purchase a WebCam with USB plug and play installation. By purchasing the stand alone WebCam, I changed the options in Skype and Microsoft Teams to use the new WebCam. It is a cheaper solution vs. purchasing a new laptop with a built in WebCam.

       

      Good Luck,

      EPD

  • NenadX's avatar
    NenadX
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 10, 2021

    We had these basic video options even in Windows 3.11 time. :cool:

     

    It is amazing how MS manage to loose many common options in the last decade. :facepalm:

     

    Personal preview is not there to give me look at myself in a mirror, but to be sure that everything I am sending to others is presented in correct way.
    Does someone from MS read our posts? It is not bug discovered after latest update.

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