diff --git a/src/modules/video_capture/main/source/External/device_info_external.cc b/src/modules/video_capture/main/source/External/device_info_external.cc
index dd37a5976a..ab70bdaa8b 100644
--- a/src/modules/video_capture/main/source/External/device_info_external.cc
+++ b/src/modules/video_capture/main/source/External/device_info_external.cc
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ class ExternalDeviceInfo : public DeviceInfoImpl {
   virtual ~ExternalDeviceInfo() {}
   virtual WebRtc_UWord32 NumberOfDevices() { return 0; }
   virtual WebRtc_Word32 DisplayCaptureSettingsDialogBox(
-      const WebRtc_UWord8* /*deviceUniqueIdUTF8*/,
-      const WebRtc_UWord8* /*dialogTitleUTF8*/,
+      const char* /*deviceUniqueIdUTF8*/,
+      const char* /*dialogTitleUTF8*/,
       void* /*parentWindow*/,
       WebRtc_UWord32 /*positionX*/,
       WebRtc_UWord32 /*positionY*/) { return -1; }
diff --git a/src/modules/video_capture/main/source/External/video_capture_external.cc b/src/modules/video_capture/main/source/External/video_capture_external.cc
index e8cbccba71..dcc59aa802 100644
--- a/src/modules/video_capture/main/source/External/video_capture_external.cc
+++ b/src/modules/video_capture/main/source/External/video_capture_external.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright (c) 2011 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
+ *  Copyright (c) 2012 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
  *
  *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
  *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace videocapturemodule {
 
 VideoCaptureModule* VideoCaptureImpl::Create(
     const WebRtc_Word32 id,
-    const WebRtc_UWord8* deviceUniqueIdUTF8) {
+    const char* deviceUniqueIdUTF8) {
   RefCountImpl<VideoCaptureImpl>* implementation =
       new RefCountImpl<VideoCaptureImpl>(id);
   return implementation;