How To: Setting Up Flash
After noticing some people having trouble setting up their webcam for Stickam I thought I’d make a quick help guide. If your webcam has the proper driver and is working with other applications but not on the Stickam site, it may have to do with your Flash settings being set wrong.
The first step is to right click (or ctrl click for macs) any flash element on the Stickam page. Its easiest to just right click where your video should show up in your Go Live page. You should see a window like the one pictured above. Select Settings.
This brings up the Flash Settings window for your browser. First off be sure to allow stickam to access your camera and mic and check the remember box.
Next select the microphone tab and choose your mic input from the pull down menu.
Now select the web cam tab and choose your camera input from the pull down menu. (If you have a built in iSight on a Mac - the input should be USB Class Video)
And that should do it. If for some reason your camera is not showing up in the pull down menu you may not have the driver properly installed or you may need to try a different browser.
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June 8th, 2006 at 5:07 pm
ok so…. i have the stickam thing in my myspace.. and the video live chat thing is not working.. and i cant change the flash settings because when i right click.. it wont let me click in settings.. only in about macromedia blah blah.. anyways it sucks =( .. so please help me grrrrr
June 9th, 2006 at 3:52 pm
I’d try right clicking on some other flash element. Also make sure you have the most recent version of flash installed.
June 26th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
I’m trying to run Stickam on a WordPress blog. Webcam: Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX.
I’ve done everything suggested on these pages — I’ve adjusted the settings appropriately, I’m “live”, and yet I have no video. What do I try next?
June 27th, 2006 at 7:54 am
doug, I’d shoot an email over to support@stickam.com and see if they can help.
October 31st, 2006 at 11:51 am
I’d recommend that you guys create another drop down for iSight and just have it be an alias for the USB Class Video; it’ll save anyone from ever asking that question, and should be easy to just add in since you’d just need a pointer or function call, and not necessarily a whole new bunch of code.
October 31st, 2006 at 1:36 pm
Grey - We cant change that because flash is not controlled by us, its controlled my Macromedia.
July 1st, 2009 at 10:33 am
okay, so i have a built in cam on my computer. isight. for some reason, its really laggy. like way more than usual. the cam works because i can see myself and the sound works an everything too. but i cant figure out how to make it not so laggy. it looks fine on my computer but everyone that views my live says how laggy it is. and if i view myself from my profile i can see how laggy it is too. my cam didnt used to be like this and i have it set to all the right settings. please help!
July 12th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
i cannot work the webcam on my macbook
it wont let me right lick anything.
and idfk what im suppose to do or how to work this
July 15th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
So when the allow stickam page comes up, there is no remember me box, anything else. Also when i press control nothing happens. Should I call apple?
July 20th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
my voice on the cam is in slow motion and really fucking low. also, when i recorded video, it was in slomotion and really low pitched too. what is wrong?
July 20th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
how can i make my video to stop lagging? my videos work on my imac but people say it laggs sooo much! i need help please!
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:37 pm
i did everything that it told me to do and stickam still won’t show the live feed from my mac laptop.
what can i do?
October 6th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
When I try to use my webcam on my Mac, and then the box that says allow or deny comes up, I press allow. But I still cant see anything! Help!