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Webcam + Laptop == Video Camera?

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    AAntix
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    Utilizing a webcam and a laptop, can I tell the webcam to record full motion video and dump the recording directly to my laptop? Would this be a suitable replacement for a standard video camera? Jim QTExtender - The OFFICIAL addon for QuoteTracker.

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      Utilizing a webcam and a laptop, can I tell the webcam to record full motion video and dump the recording directly to my laptop? Would this be a suitable replacement for a standard video camera? Jim QTExtender - The OFFICIAL addon for QuoteTracker.

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      AAntix wrote: Utilizing a webcam and a laptop, can I tell the webcam to record full motion video and dump the recording directly to my laptop? Sure AAntix wrote: Would this be a suitable replacement for a standard video camera? Depends how big the video camera is, and how small the notebook is. You also won't get even half decent sound, and the last time I looked at webcams, the resolution will be terrible unless you spend halfway to the cost of a video camera on one. Either way, it's an expensive, unwieldy, user hostile video camera. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer

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        Utilizing a webcam and a laptop, can I tell the webcam to record full motion video and dump the recording directly to my laptop? Would this be a suitable replacement for a standard video camera? Jim QTExtender - The OFFICIAL addon for QuoteTracker.

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        John Carson
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        AAntix wrote: Utilizing a webcam and a laptop, can I tell the webcam to record full motion video and dump the recording directly to my laptop? Would this be a suitable replacement for a standard video camera? I have done that to give myself a cheap video camera. But, as Christian says, the resolution for web cams is typically quite low. 640 x 480 is the highest resolution I have seen. John Carson Q: How many Bush Administration officials does it take to replace a light bulb? A: None. As the President and Secretary Rumsfeld have made clear, the light bulb is doing a great job and we and our coalition allies are encouraged by the progress it is making. Mike Carlton

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          AAntix wrote: Utilizing a webcam and a laptop, can I tell the webcam to record full motion video and dump the recording directly to my laptop? Sure AAntix wrote: Would this be a suitable replacement for a standard video camera? Depends how big the video camera is, and how small the notebook is. You also won't get even half decent sound, and the last time I looked at webcams, the resolution will be terrible unless you spend halfway to the cost of a video camera on one. Either way, it's an expensive, unwieldy, user hostile video camera. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer

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          Colin Angus Mackay
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          Christian Graus wrote: user hostile I like that phrase - I'll have to remember it.


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            Christian Graus wrote: user hostile I like that phrase - I'll have to remember it.


            My: Blog | Photos WDevs.com - Open Source Code Hosting, Blogs, FTP, Mail and More

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            Gary Wheeler
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            I prefer user lethal myself. The worst thing about the advent of flat panel displays: My long standing wish that I could connect the CRT's high voltage supply directly to the keyboard under software control is never going to come true.


            Software Zen: delete this;

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              I prefer user lethal myself. The worst thing about the advent of flat panel displays: My long standing wish that I could connect the CRT's high voltage supply directly to the keyboard under software control is never going to come true.


              Software Zen: delete this;

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              Ryan Binns
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              Gary Wheeler wrote: My long standing wish that I could connect the CRT's high voltage supply directly to the keyboard under software control is never going to come true. :omg: Should I be telling you I still have a CRT?

              Ryan

              "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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