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My laptop’s webcam shows a black screen only on Zoom calls, but works fine elsewhere

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I’ve been using my laptop for remote work, and recently I noticed that whenever I join a Zoom call, my webcam just shows a black screen. The weird part is, the camera works perfectly fine in other apps like Skype and the Windows Camera app. I tried restarting Zoom, reinstalling it, and even checked that Zoom has permission to access the camera in Windows settings. My laptop is running Windows 11, and the webcam is the built-in one. I also tested with an external USB webcam, and it shows the same black screen only on Zoom, so it doesn’t seem to be a hardware issue. My internet connection is fine, and no other video apps are running in the background during the calls. Has anyone else had this problem where Zoom’s video feed is black but the camera works elsewhere? Any ideas on what Zoom-specific setting or conflict I should look into? Would changing some Windows privacy settings help, or is this a known Zoom bug with certain Windows updates?

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