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How do I enable my webcam?

Learn how to enable your webcam

Elle Wong avatar
Written by Elle Wong
Updated over a week ago

This doc has instructions on how to enable webcam for Chrome, Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox, Safari and Brave.

For every browser there are 2 scenarios that are covered:

  1. Opening adaface.com for the first time in the scenario that you have never denied/ allowed access before

  2. Opening adaface.com for second time after you have denied access before

Chrome

Never denied/ allowed access before:

  1. You would be presented with a popup similar to screenshot like this: Click on 'Allow'

    Chrome permissions popup

  2. Confirm that your webcam is working.
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    In the webcam instructions popup, if you see a live video stream of your webcam, we are good to go! Click on the Proceed button to dismiss and proceed to the chat.
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    If you are unable to see stream of your webcam, check that you have given access to your camera by clicking on the lock button besides the address. It should say "Camera: Allow". If it says "Denied", follow the instructions in the next step.

    Lock icon in address bar

Denied access before:

If you have denied access once, then even on reload, Chrome won't show the permissions popup again. In this scenario, you can either:

  1. click on video cam symbol on the extreme end of address bar and click on "Always allow https://www.adaface.com/ to access your camera". You need to reload after you change this setting.
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    Chrome permissions reload


    OR

  1. go to chrome://settings/content/camera?search=camera. click on "https://www.adaface.com". Under "Permissions" > "Camera", change permission to "Allow" and the reload the page.

  2. click on lock symbol beside the address bar and change "Camera: Denied" to "Camera: Allow" and reload the page.
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    Lock icon in address bar

Troubleshooting tips

If it is not working even after giving permissions and reloading, visit meet.google.com and create a session. If the camera is not showing up, it is likely an issue with the browser or privacy settings of your device.
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Tip 1: Follow the troubleshooting steps here to make sure you are giving access to your camera properly.

Tip 2: You can also try this:

  1. Open Chrome browser

  2. Copy and paste the following into the address bar at the top of the browser: chrome://flags/#enable-media-foundation-video-capture

  3. In the drop down for "MediaFoundation Video Capture" select "Disabled"

  4. Relaunch Chrome and it should be fixed.

Tip 3: You can try this -

  1. Enter chrome://settings/content/camera in the Chrome address bar.

  2. Disable the setting "Ask before accessing."

  3. Under "Allow," delete https://www.adaface.com:443 if present.

  4. Refresh the Google Meet page and grant camera access when prompted.

Tip 4: Do make sure you are restarting browser and device after applying major settings. Also try using incognito/private window.

Firefox

Never denied/ allowed access before:

  1. You would be presented with a popup similar to screenshot like this: Click on 'Allow'
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    Firefox permissions popup

  2. Confirm that your webcam is working:


    In the webcam instructions popup, if you see a live video stream of your webcam, we are good to go! Click on the button below the stream to dismiss and proceed to chat.

    If you are unable to see stream of your webcam, check that you have given access to your camera by clicking on the lock button besides the address. It should say "Camera: Allow". If it says "Denied", follow the instructions in next step.

    Firefox lock

Denied access before:

If you have denied access once, then even on reload, Chrome won't show the permissions popup again. In this scenario, you can either

  1. click on video lock symbol beside the address bar and change "Camera: Denied" to "Camera: Allow" and reload.
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    Firefox lock

    OR
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  2. go to about:preferences#privacy. click on "Permissions" besides "Camera". Change permission for "https://www.adaface.com" to "Allow" and RELOAD Adaface chat page you are on.
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Safari

We support Safari. Instructions to be added soon. Ping us on the chat on the button right if you are not able to enable your webcam on a Safari browser. Please give full context of the issue you are facing to enable our support team to help you.

Brave

Brave browser is built on Chromium and same instructions for Chrome apply here. Only additional step is to enable "autoplay video" after giving access. Without this, even if you give camera permissions, you wouldn't be able to see the video in the instructions popup. To enable this, click on autoplay icon beside the video icon in address bar. Click on "Always allow autoplay..." and "Done". You need to reload after changing the settings.

Brave reload

Edge

We do not support any version of Edge yet. We are working to make our website compatible with latest (18+) version for Edge.

Internet Explorer

We do not support any version of Internet Explorer.

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