1.Step 1
Open Yahoo! Messenger and then click "Messenger," "Preferences" and then
select "Webcam." Choose the option "When I show my webcam, change my
status message to," and then enter whatever you want your status message
to be in the **** field. Then click "OK" to finish changing your status
settings.
2.
Step 2
Choose "Webcam" from your Yahoo! Messenger "Preferences" menu and then
click one of the following options, "Always ask my Permission," "Allow
everyone to view my webcam," or "Always allow the following people to
view my webcam." If you choose the latter you can select, from your
friend's list, the people who you always want to allow to view your
webcam. From there you can also select "Ignore other view requests," if
you don't want to allow anyone else to view your webcam. You also have
the option to either choose or not choose to select "If I am in a chat
room, allow people in the chat room to view my webcam," by clicking the
box. If you want to remove anyone who is viewing your webcam, you can
select, "Who's watching me?" to remove their name from your viewers
list.
3.
Step 3
Click "Webcam" from the "My Webcam" options in your Yahoo! Messenger
"Preferences" menu, and choose "Statistics. From there you can figure
out how much bandwidth you are using, as your connection mode, frame
rate, image size and image capture type.
4.
Step 4
Select "Messenger," "Preferences," and "Webcam" from Yahoo! Messenger,
and then click "Camera Settings." Move the slider under "Broadcast my
webcam with," to select the between faster-speed transmissions or higher
quality images. You can also change image size from this option as well
as brightness and contrast. Click "OK" to finish.