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Webcam megs or gigs?

  • 08-12-2007 12:30am
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 633 ✭✭✭


    Does a webcam use much bandwidth? What is the upload/download say per hour. I do not know much about webcams so I would say a basic or average one is what I would get.

    http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=42147 seems to suggest 50 megs an hour

    Thanks


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  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    It would depend on the resolution the video is at, the encoding used, how many frames a second and many other things. So it will differ from web cam to web cam.

    Any ways not a laptop question moved to comp & tech.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 633 ✭✭✭IncredibleHulk


    It would depend on the resolution the video is at, the encoding used, how many frames a second and many other things. So it will differ from web cam to web cam.
    How do I find the resolution before buying webcam? In a reasonable definition how much bandwidth would be used. Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Fabio


    Dunno about bandwidth and all of that but the resolution should be on the box it comes in. 1.3 megapixel, 2 megapixel or maybe just VGA which means it's under one megapixel. Obviously the more pixels the better quality (well...generally...) but then again I would imagine better quality means bigger files and thus more bandwidth usage....(I think).

    Hope that is some help to you...


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