A webcam is a video camera that sends its video data to a computer in real time, as opposed to recording it first.
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Webcam recognized but not functioning in Windows 8
I recently got a MSI WindPad 110W tablet PC. I installed Windows 8 Pro on it. The tablet has two webcams, one on each side (Facing the user and facing away from the user). Both are listed in Windows' ...
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Setting up multiple webcam surveillance system at home regarding bandwidth issues on USB vs ethernet
I currently have 6 IP camera servers (Foscam 8910W) around my house. It costs a lot for each camera and I also think it's eating a lot of bandwidth. My questions are:
Does the camera eat home ...
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Issues with webcam after installing Windows 8
After recently installing Windows 8 on my machine (Asus Laptop), I noticed my webcam was showing the image upside-down (in the camera app and in Skype). I figured it would need a driver re-install, so ...
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Webcam video in Flash has horizontal bars disturbance
I created a webcam recorder in flash, but about 10-20% of people have this bars on video:
How to get rid of that bars ? I tried to create .swf with lot of different settings and target flash player ...
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Can't See Image on Webcam Window
Came upon this site via Gizmo's Freeware. Thought I would give it a try. As much as I can remember, this is a pretty complete description of the problem and all the steps I've taken to find a ...
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How to set PS3Eye's fps and resolution on Ubuntu 12.04
So I'm trying to replace standard usb webcams in my Opencv/Ubuntu 12 vision system by Playstation Eye webcams to make it faster.
Plugging the PS3eye gives me a resolution of 320x240@125fps by default ...
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How to use built-in Webcam with Windows 8?
I've upgraded my laptop to Windows 8 and almost everything is working great.
The one notable exception is the built-in webcam, while it works perfectly from a number of Windows 7 applications ...
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Webcam and microphone not working on HP Pavilion DV7
I get no webcam and microphone on my HP-Pavilion DV7-3085dx laptop, running Windows 7 Home Premium.
I tested many camera drivers from HP support, but still have the same problem.
What can I do?
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50 USB webcams in a single computer. Is that really possible?
Theoretically an USB HD webcam working at 15 FPS consume a bandwidth nearing 18MB/s - 1280 (width) x 960(height) x 3(RGB channels) x 15(FPS) - without compression. An USB 2.0 controller have a ...
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The webcam is recognized by Windows 8, but no application can use it
I have a webcam without signed drivers (that kind of cheap/old webcam that's not plug and play and requires a driver, otherwise it shows in device manager as a yellow question mark)
After I installed ...
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linux and network webcam
Before I embark in purchasing a network IP camera, I was wondering if anyone knows if Zoneminder or monitor can work with it? I've tried both products with the installed laptop camera, but not certain ...
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My Hp 4520s webcam stops working every now and then
My HP notebook webcam stops working after some time, after I restart my system or it returns from sleep mode. It starts working again when i restart it.
So I think it isnt the driver issue because ...
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ffmpeg open webcam using YUYV but i want MJPEG
I need ffmpeg to open webcam (logitech c910) in MJPEG mode, because the webcam can give ~24 using MJPEG "protocol" and only ~10 fps using the YUYV. Can i choose between them using ffmpeg command line?
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What is the smallest webcam you know of? [closed]
I'm working on a "small" project - I need to mount a UVC camera on a pair of glasses to record video from the wearer's point of view. Therefore the bare camera needs to be as small/unobtrusive as ...
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Simple web cam recorder app for Windows 7 [closed]
I've been asked by a school teacher friend if I know of a really simple piece of software to record video from a web cam.
It is for use in a school so the kids can make their own simple videos. All ...
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How to use a handycam as a Web Cam in linux
Can I use a camcorder as V4L2src in gstreamer? Simply can I use a camcorder as a webcam in Linux? If so what models are sported?
Thanks in advance.
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Internal USB camera: what is SH?
I have a replacement of the internal USB camera for the laptop Acer Aspire 5750G. AFAIK USB has only 4 connections (5V, D+, D-, GND). On the PCB of the camera I noticed there are 5.
They are labeled: ...
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To use linux-based cellphone's webcam as a laptop's
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I have a four-year old thinkpad laptop without built-in webcam and I also have a cellphone running Linux ( Nokia N900 ). So I'm wondering if it's possible to use my cellphone's camera as a ...
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Lenovo T420 integrated camera is not working
Im using a Lenovo ThinkPad T420 with Windows 7 64-bit and my integrated webcam is not working. Skype settings always show an error (see below). I tried to install this driver but it didn't work.
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All Webcams (integrated or otherwise) have stopped working
Recently, like in the last few months (incidentally, I didn't notice it at first, but I think it might have coincided with the installation of libusb) all webcams have stopped working on my laptop. ...
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UVC device Logitech WebCam 9000 pro
There is such a good webcam in universe that acts as a "USB Video Class" (UVC - video USB standart interface) - the logitech webcam 9000. UVC offer unified interface allowing to control it or grab a ...
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How can I take a picture with the built-in web cam on my laptop Windows-7 & easily store it in a specific cell of a specific excel spreadsheet? [closed]
How can I take a picture with the built-in web cam on my Windows-7 laptop & easily store it in a specific cell of a specific excel spreadsheet?
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How to flip video feed that's presented upside down?
Skype an other applications running under windows 7 Ultimate are presenting the video captured from the laptop built-in webcam upside down.
I've tried many solution that I was able to find regarding ...
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Samsung “Smart stay” for Windows laptop
Samsung uses technology named "Smart stay" on their Android devices (Samsung Galaxy S III):
It waits till you're asleep: the screen maintains a bright display as long as you're looking at it.
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Fake Webcam / Webcam Emulator Mac Os 10.7.4 64Bit [closed]
I am looking for fake webcam solution for Mac OS 10.7.4 64bit
What I tried:
ManyCam - only works with 32bit Browser and then not with all flash applications
CamCamX - crashes on startup
CamTwist - ...
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Logitech C270 vs C920 [closed]
Is there any difference between C270 and C920 when used with Skype?
I'm looking for a webcam for use with Skype, and the cheap C270 looks great, but I'm wandering if I'm missing something awesome ...
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Linux (v4l) webcam - make settings “stick”
My Logitech camera (C300) is properly detected and present at /dev/video0. However, by default the image has contrast and saturation set to maximum, which significantly degrades the image quality.
I ...
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Autostart Manycam with specific Images via configfile or parameter
At the moment I try to figure out if it is possible to start ManyCam automaticaly showing a picture i configure via a configuration file or via command line parameters.
I am afraid that this might be ...
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Dell e6510 Latitude web cam software?
I updated to windows 8, looks great and the web cam appears to work fine with say msn messenger.
Where can I download the web cam software that came with the dell laptop? I am specifically looking ...
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How can I get my Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 to record video with audio in 1080P or 720P on my Macintosh?
So I need to know how to get this camera to give me all the resolutions it has on my OSX machine. I am running Lion 10.7.3 right now, I have audio hardware that is preventing me from upgrading to ...
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How to quickly switch between “webcam preview” and XBMC?
I've build a dedicated PC for use in Dental Clinic, but I found out that it's very difficult to setup the computer "idiot-proof" enough. It has to do 2 simple things:
show live preview from ...
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HP Pavilion DV6 6C00TU webcam not working
I just purchased HP Pavilion dv6 6C00TU 3 weeks ago and its webcam was working 100% perfectly. 3 days ago, I just downloaded a software named as magic-ivisual something. It is a software that shows ...
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Windows app to grab webcam snapshots?
I want to periodically capture an image from a webcam attached to a Windows PC, and upload it to a Linux server on the network (preferably FTP, could be SFTP or even Samba).
The images have to be ...
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Stream desktop to youtube upload
I'm trying to record some league matches, but instead of using fraps and uploading them to youtube, I want to select the webcam option so I can just stream them (to save space). How would I do that? ...
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WinTV-HVR-2250 as a webcam?
Has anyone used the WinTV-HVR-2250 as a webcam? I tried using it, but the applications just state they cannot connect to the camera/source.
WinTV, VirtualDub, VLC work fine for TV capture, but I ...
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VLC streaming, setting for Logitech QuickCam at low resolution isn't working
I can stream my Logitech QuickCam S5500 in Windows 7 using the following vlc command:
vlc dshow:// :dshow-vdev="Logitech QuickCam S5500" :dshow-adev=none :dshow-size=320x240 :dshow-fps=30 ...
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3D Images with a normal webcam
Is there any software available (preferred open-source) to make 3D images with a normal laptop webcam? By 3D I mean Anaglyph 3D Images and not 3D models.
Please add a comment if any other information ...
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Dell integrated webcam does not work
I tried everything, googling dell integrated webcam... looked to answers.
I deleted the driver, reinstalled it.
Nothing seems to work. Usually I find answers from google in forums , but this time ...
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Why can’t two programs access my webcam simultaneously?
I first launch cheese and my webcam turns on. I then run vlc to grab the output of /dev/video0 but it fails with:
[0x7f3ea40012e8] v4l2 demux error: cannot set input 0: Device or resource busy
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1 webcam connected to two computers at same time
Is it possible to connected a Webcam to two computers at the same time?
The webcam wouldn't be used by both at the same time.
What I'm trying to do is setup a webcam to take some photos, but if my ...
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Which is the right driver to use for an old model Logitech Communicate Webcam?
I have an old model Logitech Communicate Webcam (image here) and upon returning to the website to get a driver for it, I found that there are several models with slight name variants (none of which ...
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Live camera software [closed]
Im looking for a good software that we can use to stream HD video with sound 24/7. We want to use it between two offices with a cam and TV on each end. A crappy webcam wont cut it. A very good one ...
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Can a normal camera with a USB connection be used as a webcam?
Is this possible natively on Windows or is there special software to do it?
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My goal is to stream a lecture from our hall over the internet, but we want the computer / camera to be in the back ...
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On Site User Testing Software [closed]
Is there any software for OS X or Windows that can capture both the screen and capture the user via cam? I need this for on-site user testing where people sit down and try our app.
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UVC webcam recording program
I use guvcview in linux, it reads out the list of available resolutions from webcam itself via UVC protocol, but windows software i already tried have fixed list of resolutions that doesn't correlate ...
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Linux web cam with time and date?
How to record video from webcam with added date and time? VLC and cheese cat't do it.
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Webcam on HP dv6 6121TX doesn't get activated [closed]
I have recently formatted my Notebook PC but I'm unable to use my webcam. Yesterday night while prompted to use it there was no flashing of light near to the webcam and the image was all blacked out. ...
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Using multiple USB webcams in Linux
Running more than one USB webcam in Debian/Linux results in the the following error:
libv4l2: error turning on stream: No space left on device
VIDIOC_STREAMON: No space left on device
What ...
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Using integrated webcam after updating for youcam software
My webcam doesn't work since 2 months ago.I tried to resolve the problem but I couldn't yet.
at first,I tried to update my webcam driver but I couldn't find the location of webcam.In my device ...
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Webcam resolution, vlc and Linux
I'm trying to do some some streaming with a webcam, but so far the results are not good: everything I stream in 320x240 looks good, but as soon as I choose a higher resolution, the image quality gets ...
