shork @noiob@awoo.space

hm nope, it's barely using 300 MB, I think the software is just bad

I think I need to give the VM more RAM

sweet success

drivers installed!

oh shit it works

it needed 3.5 SP1

lol I finally found a stackoverflow comment that explained why my .NET wasn't installing

aaaaand it crashes on launch

I kinda wanna figure out running the software before I do a proper writeup on cohost, I know there's a way to use her like a webcam, and considering there's just a generic usb webcam inside I think there's a chance you can just switch her to mjpeg webcam mode

In general I'm pretty impressed with this toy, the camera isn't great but she takes two standard AAAs (they're in the legs lol) and the controls are dead simple. Sturdy build too, obviously still a wild concept for a video camera but not too bad to shoot with in practice (would be nicer if she could stand up on her own but I don't think that's a feature Barbies have). I like the outfit, the oversized hood to hide the monitor while you play is fun

okay, uninstalling the device and rebooting Windows 10 made her mount again

she still mounts fine on my Steamdeck, idk what Windows's problem is

god, it needs .NET 3.5 but for some reason even the "full package" installer tries to download something that doesn't exist

getting somewhere

hm nope, even if I tell Defender to leave Windows still refuses to run it 🤷 "an admin blocked execution of this program" buddy I'm the admin

oh, "the publisher of the program is considered to have a poor reputation", I guess Mattel contracted a known adware slinger :D https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=142185&name=PUA:Win32/Creprote&threatid=224324

uhhh why is Windows Defender warning me about BarbieVideoGirlSetup.exe

Virustotal

she doesn't wanna connect rn but they really just stuck an mjpeg webcam in there

the LCD makes the camera seem worse than it is

and she is indeed a real USB mass storage device

she's here!