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Webcam help

Turd Ferguson · 2009-02-02 23:46:21

Ok, not sure if this is the right place but here goes. Basically I have an Acer laptop with Vista. I want to record video using the webcam on Windows movie maker but it doesnt seem to be able to recognise the built in webcam. The webcam itself works ok, but there doesnt seem to be any program on it to record video. Does…

02-02-2009 11:46pm

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Turd Ferguson

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Ok, not sure if this is the right place but here goes. Basically I have an Acer laptop with Vista. I want to record video using the webcam on Windows movie maker but it doesnt seem to be able to recognise the built in webcam. The webcam itself works ok, but there doesnt seem to be any program on it to record video.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to use movie maker to try and sync up with the webcam so it can record or if not is there any programs you recommend for recording video through a built in webcam.

Thanks

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#2 02-02-2009 11:48pm

seanybiker

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try fraps. Used to use that meself for video capture. Tis decent

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