I believe this issue may effect ALL SONY VAIO laptops. Any
Flash content that utilizes the webcam will crash the browser. I
have tested in IE and Opera.
I am currently running Vista Business and have reproduced
this in Vista Ultimate with the same laptop(VGN-TT190).
Basically go to youtube and choose to upload a video using
"Quick Capture". When the flash content loads it will crash the
browser. This happens on ANY flash content that accesses the
webcam. Even adobe's own webcam test.
Another way to crash flash/browser would be to right click
any flash content. Choose settings. Got to webcam settings and the
browser will crash.
I have exactly the same problem on my Sony Vaio that i have
just bought. every time i go on to my msn live and try and open the
intergrated webcam it crashes firefox and IE7. I have tried
entering the Adobe settings as per the instructions to select the
webcams available but when I click on the webcam icon the browser
crashes. I have probably put the best part of 10 hours into fxiing
this issue, please help me.
I have talked to Sony about this and we have reached a
workaround.
it involves a file called BtwVdpCapFilter.dll (it is a
bluetooth profile that essentially allows people to share their
webcam across bluetooth BUT no one uses this) and it is what is
crashing when you access the webcam thru IE/Firefox/Opera.
So go to C:\windows\system32 and rename it to anything for
example BtwVdpCapFilter1.dll and everything should be fine. Sony
said they will be releasing a patch for this.
I have have this same problem, but on My Dell
DIMENSION 4700, with WIN XP, Servie Pack 3.
Whould this be the same problem dealing with the file
"BtwVdpCapFilter.dll "??
I 've searched entire PC for the exact file and search
brought back nothing on it.
Do you have any possible leads to what else could be done
this?
@Bobby_52
Try IE, at least you get a crash report. I never had a camera
and I have had this problem for years. I finally figured out it was
a program called "Tuxvision" that caused it. It was easier than I
thought. If Adobe can't write software that doesn.t crash I suggest
they write a dummy device driver for a non existant camera.