微軟Win 10系統升級致USB攝像頭罷工大綱

A Windows 10 update has stopped many popular webcams from working.
日前，Win 10系統的一次升級已經讓許多網絡攝像頭停止了工作。

The update, released earlier this month, stops many cameras being used for Skype or to broadcast and stream footage.
在本月上旬發佈的這次更新，使得許多攝像頭既不能用於Skype網聊，也不能用來視頻直播。

The cause seems to be a change in the way Windows 10 handles video. Microsoft said it was working on a fix but has not given any date for when the patch will be available.
造成這一現象的原因似乎是因爲Win 10系統處理視頻的方式發生了改變。微軟公司表示，他們正在修復這個問題，但是並沒有給出補丁可以使用的日期。

Soon after Windows Update 1607 was distributed in early August, many people started reporting webcam problems to Microsoft via its support site.
自從8月上旬Win 10更新1607版本發佈以來，許多人都開始通過網站向微軟公司報告攝像頭問題。

The trouble affected both webcams connected via USB cables or on the same network and meant either that footage could not be streamed, or that images froze after a while.
受這一問題影響的攝像頭既包括用USB連接的設備，也包括同一網絡裏的攝像頭，這意味着視頻既不能播放，圖像也不能正常顯示。

Analysis put the blame on changes to the video encoding systems with which Windows 10 works.
分析結果將這一問題歸咎於Win 10系統視頻編碼系統的改變。

The update ends support for two widely used encoding systems so it became possible for more than one application to use video as it is being shot. Prior to the update Windows 10 only allowed one application access to a stream.
Win 10支持兩個使用很廣泛的視頻編碼系統，如此一來，在拍攝視頻的時候就可以有多個軟件來處理這個視頻。在Win 10更新之前，一次只能運行一個軟件處理視頻。

A Microsoft camera engineer who responded to complaints on the support thread said the company had done "a poor job" of letting people know about the change.
一名微軟攝像頭工程師對網站上的批評抱怨做出了迴應，他表示微軟做得“很糟糕”，沒能讓用戶知道這個改變。

"We dropped the ball on that front, so I'd like to offer my apologies to you all," he said.
他說道：“在這件事上我們掉了鏈子，我想向大家道歉。”

He added that Microsoft was working on a way to fix the problem and get webcams working again. The fix is likely to be released in September.
他補充說道，目前微軟正在尋找方法來修復這個問題，並讓攝像頭重新工作。修復補丁可能將會在9月份發佈。

Microsoft has yet to officially comment on the problem.
微軟公司目前尚未正式就此事作出評論。