This is for all you Macintosh Chrome users who are wondering why your browser suddenly stopped letting you use your webcam. The answer is... I don't know. BUT! I did find some interesting information.
Chrome is not using the latest release of flash (10.1.102.64). Instead it is using a newer version (10.1.103.19)! Many of the Flash updates are geared towards improving the security of your web viewing experience so it is often recommended that you always upgrade. Unfortunately, this recent upgrade mandated to us from Google Chrome is not very DMS friendly. So here is what you need to do:
1. Open Chrome
2. Enter "chrome://plugins/" into the address bar and hit return
3. Click "Details" on the right
4. Scroll down to "Flash" and you should see 2 versions there.
5. Make sure version 10.1.103.19 is disabled
6. Once you have disabled version 10.1.103.19 it will then default to your system version. If your system version is not 10.1.85.3 Flash may still not be able to access your camera. If this is the case, please follow my instruction here to downgrade Flash.
7. Reload Chrome and visit http://www.dailymugshot.com/new_pic and you should be golden!
3 comments:
Thanks so much for this and the linked post. It's not just dailymugshot that it affects, yet you're the only person who resolved the problem and blogged about how to fix it. Thankyou!
thanks! u rock
The gift that keeps on giving.
Thanks, dude...
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