A host processor-based system may communicate with a video capture device. If
an
error occurs in connection with a device driver for the video capture device, software
attempts to automatically recover the driver without necessitating rebooting of
the host processor-based system. The recovery software may also be responsible
for providing error messages as video frames through an established video transmission
protocol. As the recovery software progresses, different error recovery status
messages may be sent for display in place of the missing video frames.