[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":171},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog:2012:using-your-xbox-kinect-as-a-webcam-for-skype-on-windows":3,"blogMore-Technology":157,"comments-using-your-xbox-kinect-as-a-webcam-for-skype-on-windows":170},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":137,"commentCount":138,"date":139,"description":140,"excerpt":141,"extension":142,"filenames":143,"hidden":144,"image":143,"meta":145,"minutes":146,"navigation":147,"path":148,"seo":149,"showCategory":143,"stem":150,"tags":151,"updated":143,"url":154,"wordCount":155,"__hash__":156},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2012\u002Fusing-your-xbox-kinect-as-a-webcam-for-skype-on-windows.md","Using your Xbox Kinect as a webcam for Skype on Windows",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":133},"minimark",[9,21,27,30,95,104,107,127],[10,11,12,13,20],"p",{},"Thanks should go to ",[14,15,19],"a",{"href":16,"rel":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fsocial.msdn.microsoft.com\u002FForums\u002Fen-US\u002Fkinectsdk\u002Fthread\u002F4ee6e7ca-123d-4838-82b6-e5816bf6529c",[18],"nofollow","ScottOrange on the MSDN forums"," however it’s along thread that has lots of pieces to pick out and try.",[22,23,24],"blockquote",{},[10,25,26],{},"Still getting odd noise, corruption and other issues in Skype. Wouldn’t recommend using a Kinect as a webcam on Windows right now.",[10,28,29],{},"What worked for me (eventually):",[31,32,33,42,51,68,71,80,88],"ol",{},[34,35,36,37],"li",{},"Download the ",[14,38,41],{"href":39,"rel":40},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.microsoft.com\u002Fen-us\u002Fkinectforwindows\u002Fdevelop\u002Fdeveloper-downloads.aspx",[18],"Kinect SDK from Microsoft",[34,43,44,45,50],{},"Install the ",[14,46,49],{"href":47,"rel":48},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.microsoft.com\u002Fdownload\u002Fen\u002Fdetails.aspx?displaylang=en&id=5555",[18],"Visual Studio 2010 Runtime"," if you don’t already have it",[34,52,53,54,59,60,64,65],{},"Go to the ",[14,55,58],{"href":56,"rel":57},"https:\u002F\u002Fkinectcpp.googlecode.com\u002Fsvn\u002Ftrunk\u002Finstall\u002F",[18],"KinectCPP site"," and download ",[61,62,63],"code",{},"KINECTSQM.DLL"," and ",[61,66,67],{},"MSRKINECTNUI.DLL",[34,69,70],{},"Create a folder for your Kinect camera drivers to live and copy those two files there",[34,72,73,74,79],{},"Go to ",[14,75,78],{"href":76,"rel":77},"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fwildbillcat\u002FKinectCam\u002Ftree\u002Fmaster\u002FCompiled\u002F32bit",[18],"Wildbill’s GitHub repo"," and download the three files there into the same folder",[34,81,82,83,87],{},"Open a Command Prompt as ",[84,85,86],"strong",{},"Administrator"," and CD into the folder",[34,89,90,91,94],{},"Type ",[84,92,93],{},"install"," and press return",[10,96,97,98,103],{},"You should get a success message. If you don’t then you probably missed steps 2 or 3. If all else fails open KinectCam.ax in ",[14,99,102],{"href":100,"rel":101},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dependencywalker.com",[18],"Dependency Walker"," and see which DLL it claims it can’t find. (the IESHIM one missing is fine)",[10,105,106],{},"Restart Skype and see if it shows up in the list of cameras. If it doesn’t.",[31,108,109,112,118,124],{},[34,110,111],{},"Quit Skype entirely",[34,113,73,114,117],{},[61,115,116],{},"%appdata%\\Skype\\shared_dynco"," in Windows Explorer",[34,119,120,121],{},"Delete ",[61,122,123],{},"dc.db",[34,125,126],{},"Restart Skype",[10,128,129],{},[130,131,132],"em",{},"[)amien",{"title":134,"searchDepth":135,"depth":135,"links":136},"",2,[],"Technology",11,"2012-09-23T12:51:13+00:00","Thanks should go to ScottOrange on the MSDN forums however it’s along thread that has lots of pieces to pick out and try.","[object Object]","md",null,false,{},1,true,"\u002Fblog\u002F2012\u002Fusing-your-xbox-kinect-as-a-webcam-for-skype-on-windows",{"title":5,"description":140},"blog\u002F2012\u002Fusing-your-xbox-kinect-as-a-webcam-for-skype-on-windows",[152,153],"Microsoft","Xbox","\u002Fblog\u002F2012\u002Fusing-your-xbox-kinect-as-a-webcam-for-skype-on-windows\u002F",196,"vNw-h2AdC79RUgB8v5n1w5YBJSOtJzAhl-PE55m816I",[158,162,166],{"title":159,"date":160,"url":161},"VTX5000: Part 4 - Communications","2026-05-06T10:19:24.727Z","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002Fvtx5000-part-4-comms-routines\u002F",{"title":163,"date":164,"url":165},"VTX5000: Part 3 - Software ROM","2026-04-15T23:00:00.000Z","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002Fvtx5000-part-3-software-rom\u002F",{"title":167,"date":168,"url":169},"VTX5000: Part 2 - Hardware","2026-03-30T23:00:00.000Z","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002Fprism-vtx5000-part-2\u002F",[],1780900516462]