Improving the G73JW Azurewave Webcam

I don't know if this information has already been posted or not, but it seems that by uninstalling the Azurewave drivers (and letting it fallback to the Microsoft ones), the built-in webcam now performs as well as a normal webcam should.



I tested it on testmycam and cameroid and the framerate is pretty decent. Actually usable for a *gasp* webcam.



The lag still exists when the application is configured to use the Asus Virtual Camera software though, so make sure Flash and your other applications aren't configured to use that. A safer route would be to either uninstall it or run the program and untick the checkbox in the right-click menu.



The Azurewave driver (if installed) should be listed under the "Programs and Features" menu as "USB2.0 UVC 2M Webcam" (I think) if you want to uninstall it.



I tested it under the LifeFrame software and it works fine there too. I had to set the capture resolution to 800x600 in order for the preview not to lag, the 1280x960 (the next step up) setting had some lag.



If anyone has any advice as to how to make it less grainy, that'd be much appreciated.