I bought a asus laptop preloaded with windows 8 and i upgraded to windows 8.1 and now my webcam only shows a black screen. any ideas how i can fix this plz. thx. webcam only shows black screen since i updated to windows 8.1 windows 8.1 / music, photos, & video / camera app; answer niranjan manjhi replied on october 1,. This actually happens to most of the default apps which are present in windows 8 where whenever i click the app, entire screen goes black with the picture of the app loading in the top of the screen.. Windows 8 is installed on a tablet with a rear facing camera the rear facing camera is selected as the input camera in the camera app the "video stabilization" feature is available and enabled under "camera options".
The camera problem on windows phone 8 devices is very common, and a huge number of owners have been having this issue. in some cases, the camera app and the camera button simply do not respond. in other cases, a message appears about the camera not being able to initialize.. To fix the camera black screen problem in windows 8.1, you could follow the step by step: * first make sure all of hardware are not broken at all. and then close all of your running video chatting applications.. Check your webcam's compatibility. if you're using a usb webcam (e.g., one that isn't built into your computer), read the manual or look up the model number to make sure that it's still compatible with your computer..