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Recording With A Webcam?

Dom888Dom888 Registered User regular
edited December 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Does anybody know of (favorably free) programs that allow me to record with the webcam that's in my lappy? Thanks in advance!

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I'm looking for the exact same thing!

    I've tried a program that just records whatever is happening on my screen (and I centered the 'capture area' on the window with the realtime feedback from the webcam) but it kept crashing on me.

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  • Dom888Dom888 Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I'm looking for something to record what's going on outside the compy, but it seems we're still looking for similar things...I just want to figure out a way to get some videos of me playing piano or sax or something for youtube, you know? The lappy's my only bet right now, I just gotta find the right software =P

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Yup, I'm looking for the same thing- I just resorted to screen capturing software because I looked for webcam recording software (as you're doing now) and came up dry.

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  • Dom888Dom888 Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    shoot...well, hopefully someone has a solution...it's the Help board after all, lol

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  • ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    What brand is your webcam? Usually they have proprietary software for this.

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  • Dom888Dom888 Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Acer, I believe, which is in my lappy. However, I also have a rotating Logitech webcam which has poorer quality.

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  • Dom888Dom888 Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Okay, scratch that. I've found out what I have to do; however, fro some odd reason, my copy of Windows Movie Maker won't show the "Capture Video" function. Does it have anything to do with Vista being installed on my computer?

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Dom888 wrote: »
    Okay, scratch that. I've found out what I have to do; however, fro some odd reason, my copy of Windows Movie Maker won't show the "Capture Video" function. Does it have anything to do with Vista being installed on my computer?

    Yup. :)

    I've already tried that. Vista removed the capture video function from WMM. We'll have to look elsewhere. I have an Acer laptop with my webcam, too.

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  • Dom888Dom888 Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Ugh...And I thought people were wrong about Vista...is it too much trouble to get rid of Vista and go to XP or will it trash my lappy?

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  • ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Logitech webcams usually come with Quickcam; which you should otherwise be able to find online. think this is it

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  • Dom888Dom888 Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Thanks alot! Now I just gotta dig the old one out...Using the clearer quality one just seems too much trouble and risk at this point.

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