Face Tracker Initializing Forever Please Help

[Dcat]

I bought and installed FaceRig and when I run it I get s message on the top left of my screen saying "Face Tracker Initializing", but it never seems to end. I went and did a bit of research on this problem to try and fix the issue, but I was unable to solve anything. I would post logs but I don't know how to do that or if it's even necessary.

I'm attempting to use an internal laptop webcam and it works for skype and windows camera. I went into skype and found that my cam islabeled MT9M114. I went into the FaceRig Advance UI options and found that my cam is listed under the list of possible web cams. I saw a post by one of the developers saying that this problem is probably that the cam is being used by another program and that you should go in device managed and get the physical device name. When I went into there my webcam was not listed. Under imaging devices I found FaceRig Virtual Camera and Intel(R) Imaging Signal Processor 2400. I found both of the physical names and searched for the namein the Microsoft Processor (I used a guide by the dev. I don't remember the exact name but it was similar) thing and found that neither device was being used by another program.

If you need more information on this problem please let me know and how to get the information. I've never submitted one of these problems using steam before. I can even get in a skype call and screen share or use another program to screen share and talk with somebody if that can help

Edit: I said no to a few prereqs before I posted this. I since found a post talking about pre-reqs and have installed all of them for the 32 bit system. (x86) I am still having the issues mentioned above.

[76561198257355317]

Hi Dcat682,

Please check if you have the latest drivers installed for your webcam (It's possible that your webcam drivers weren't properly installed/updated before you have installed the FaceRig virtual camera ) and also install the drivers for FaceRig camera as well, it can be located inside your FaceRig\Bin\prerequisites\FaceRigVirtualCamDriver\ folder. Make sure you install the correct version for your operating system. After you have done this a PC restart is needed, then please try again FaceRig. Let us know if it worked. If the issue persists please provide us with the VP.log and dxdiag dile like in this thread http://steamcommunity.com/app/274920/discussions/2/34096318703798146/

[Holotech Studios]

Just as an extra clarification: it is not that the face tracker takes long to initialize, just that it never initializes because it seems it never receives a video feed from your webcam :)

[Dcat]

I checked my drivers in device manger and they all looked like they were updated to the latest version. I also tried updating the two image drivers and was told they were at the latest update.
I went back and installed the cam plugin for windows 8, restarted my computer, and launched FaceRig. It was still initializing as if nothing had happened.

Thanks do the instructions in the other thread I was able to find the VPlog.
I posted the log in the original post due to the fact it's too big for comments.

[Holotech Studios]

Hello :)

Please read here http://steamcommunity.com/app/274920/discussions/2/34096318703798146/ about how to provide us with the needed log files, in a way which makes them usable for us (pasting directly on the forum messes up the formatting and they are almost impossible to follow)

[hlcw]

Even i did had this problem it takes facerig to stuck at recovery unless it detects any face. I tested again and by blocking my webcam and all it did was recovering face tracker and when i positioned myself exactly perpedicular to webcam it recovered in a sec. Hope you try it. If to check your camera is working you can open camera app from your app list.

[Dcat]

I noticed something weird in your suggestion, but I tried anyway and it didn't work hariharakhil.

I think we had two different problems, because I'm stuck on initializing while you were stuck on recovering. Secondly I can find where the webcam is suppose to show me by hovering over the relative location I can get a box with a green outline and a green plus in the middle to show.

I did check my camera, again, with the camera app and it did pop up and work right away.

[76561198257355317]

Dcat682 の投稿を引用：

I noticed something weird in your suggestion, but I tried anyway and it didn't work hariharakhil.

I think we had two different problems, because I'm stuck on initializing while you were stuck on recovering. Secondly I can find where the webcam is suppose to show me by hovering over the relative location I can get a box with a green outline and a green plus in the middle to show.

I did check my camera, again, with the camera app and it did pop up and work right away.

Hi,

When you launch FaceRig, in settings (the three cogwheels) change the Render Options - Render API to DX11. Let us know if it works.
Our programmers are looking into this.

[Dcat]

I've made the change under Render API from DX9 to DX11 but I'm still getting "Face Tracker Initializing" when I fully launch FaceRig.

Thank you for letting me know that this problem is being looked into. :3

[Dcat]

Can I ask for an update on this issue? Is it still being looked into or has this already been forgotten?

[Holotech Studios]

Hello. Can you please take a look at this solved thread, as it appears to have the exact symptoms as you do.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/274920/discussions/2/487876568225792203/

The face tracker cannot work if it does not receive a video feed from a physical webcam, or a video file. It seems your problem is most likely getting the video feed from the physical webcam to FaceRig, (then the face tracker will initialize, and work).

By default, if the feed in the feed control window within FaceRig is black ( thus keeping the face tracking from initializing) what happens is typically either:

1 - problem with the physical webcam drivers / webcam grabbed by another program before FaceRig (usually solved by a reboot or the physical webcam drivers reinstall) .

2. - Somehow the FaceRig Virtual Cam driver ( normally used for FaceRig output) is also mistakenly set as input for FaceRig (instead of the normal webcam).
But this should have been sorted out by going to Advanced UI-> General Options > Devices and making sure that the webcam selected there as input is your actual physical webcam, and not the FaceRig Virtual webcam, by manually selecting your physical webcam by name, and picking a resolution that is supported by your webcam (but you already did that, correct ?).

Can you test if your physical webcam works fine in other webcam applications when FaceRig is closed ?


At any rate, your system CPU and GPU are both well below the minimal listed requirements for FaceRig, so even if you do solve the webcam issue and get it to work, the experience will be sub-optimal. Intel Atom Processors are significantly below the minimal requirements for FaceRig. So is that particular version of Intel HD graphics.
That ASUS Transformer Book T100TAF with Intel Atom is really not meant for intensive processing required for good face-tracking, or for rendering higher-end 3D graphics.

[Dcat]

So I meet the requirements except the Video Card. That is the only requirement I have no clue how to judge. I guess I can use my main computer assuming I'm able to get an external webcam...

[FurRiffic]

Dcat682 の投稿を引用：

So I meet the requirements except the Video Card. That is the only requirement I have no clue how to judge. I guess I can use my main computer assuming I'm able to get an external webcam...

A good rule of thumb for this is to find both your and the minimum / recommended GPU in the list below, select comparte, and compare the values:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php

Do note, this is only a guideline, being below minimum doesn't always mean it won't work, and being above doesn't guarantee it will work, it's just a lot more likely to do / don't work.

[Holotech Studios]

Unfortunately both the Video card and the processor are below the minimum, not just the video card. The particular computer is built with portability and low power consumption in mind, not high performance.

[Doctor Death]

have a same problems, sometimes Facerig works well and sometimes Initializing stucks or voice synchronization doesnt works

i use action camera proffi

[FurRiffic]

Please don't necro old threads
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