- can I use video cam as webcam ?
- Posted by -keevill- on May 9th, 2008
Can I use my Sony Digital video camera ( sony trv-25e ) as a webcam when
attached to my PC via USB or possibley Firewire ? Must I use a capture card
or can I just plug it in via USB and expect it to be recognised by Skype or
MSN messenger for example?
- Posted by BigJim on May 9th, 2008
I have not done it for awhile but it worked with ICQ, So yes. I used a
Samsung DV camcorder.
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- Posted by JohnO on May 9th, 2008
"-keevill-" <keevill@gmail.com> wrote in message
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You might need a driver, just like any webcam...but otherwise it should
work.
-John O
- Posted by -keevill- on May 9th, 2008
camera to the chat program.
It seems to me that the only way is to use a capture card.
I have a USB connector cable to the vid cam -do I need some other connector
?
- Posted by JohnO on May 9th, 2008
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Looks like you have easy access to the device's memory, but somehow you need
to make the camera present in the Scanners and Cameras control panel. The
manufacturer *may* have a driver for that.
For a capture card, maybe, depends on the type of card. Some use composite
video.
