Problem in Skype: Skype upside down

A large number of people are sitting in Skype. Skype upside down is, unfortunately, a fairly common problem. Usually an inverted image of a webcam built into a laptop or connected to a desktop computer appears in the program after the operating system has been reinstalled or a driver has been updated. So, the camera in Skype is upside down, what should I do? How to fix the problem?

There are three main solutions: installing official drivers, changing camera settings and using third-party software.

Drivers

A problem with the drivers is the most common cause of problems in Skype. Skype is upside down - not an exception. Sometimes it happens that the computer does not have the correct drivers.

Why is Skype upside down? There are following reasons:

• All drivers were installed in automatic mode when installing the operating system. Typically, this setting occurs when using pirate assemblies.
• Drivers were installed using one of the most common collections, called "driver packs".

Conformity check

To determine which driver responsible for the operation of the webcam is installed on your computer, you need to open the Device Manager and find your camera in it. Usually this device is located in the "Image processing" item.

If the camera is found, click on its name with the right mouse button and select the properties. In the opened properties dialog box of the camera there is a tab "Driver". Clicking on it, you can see the development date, as well as the vendor. If Microsoft is listed as the last, and the date is very far from the current one, then we can say with great confidence that the reason that the camera in Skype is upside down is in the driver: the computer is installed standard, not the one that It is designed for a particular model of webcam.

To install the correct driver, you must go to the official website of the company that manufactured the camera or laptop. There you can download the software for the model you need for free.

Camera Settings

It may happen that even when installing the right drivers designed specifically for the webcam model, there are still problems with Skype. Skype upside down can also be due to improper device settings. And it can be in other programs that use the image from the camera.

In this case, you can search for options that will help to return the image to a normal view, directly in the settings of the camera itself.

Configuration functions in Skype

The quickest and easiest way for an unprepared user to enter the device's settings is to start Skype, where the menu item "Tools". Clicking on it and going into the settings, you need to select "Video settings". Here you can see the inverted image and camera settings.

For all models, the settings dialog differs from the others. For most cameras, you can rotate the image. Items can be called "Rotate by n degrees" or "Flip vertically". If there is a first option, then the rotation should be set to 180 degrees.

This is the easiest way to get into the camera settings. After all, Skype is installed almost at all, and the camera may not be displayed in the device manager or on the control panel.

Another option is to use a program to control the webcam, which is often installed with the driver. It can have options that are responsible for rotating the image.

Using third-party software to solve the problem

If the above two methods did not help, and still Skype upside down, what should I do? It is possible to rotate the image so that it is displayed correctly using other programs. One of the best is Many Cam. It is completely free and with almost 100% probability will help to solve the problem.

Installing the program is not a complicated process. It is recommended in the process to refuse the installation of additional utilities that the program will offer the user. They are completely unnecessary. Plus is the support of the Russian language.

After the program is installed and started, you need to do the following:

1. Open the "Videos" tab in it, then "Sources" and select the vertical reflection item.
2. Close the program (when you click on the cross, it will not close, but will work in the background).
3. Open the camera settings in Skype. Skype upside down will cease to be a problem if you select as the used camera the item created by the program Many Cam and bearing its name.

Now everything is ready. The problem is resolved. You can chat again in Skype! Skype upside down will no longer interfere with you, as the image will become correct. The only drawback of the free program is the presence of its logo at the bottom of the screen. But this is a trifle, because the camera is now working correctly.