can I use video cam as webcam ?

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-keevill- - 09 May 2008 01:20 GMT

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?

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BigJim - 09 May 2008 05:42 GMT

I have not done it for awhile but it worked with ICQ, So yes. I used a
Samsung DV camcorder.

> 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?

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JohnO - 09 May 2008 14:45 GMT

You might need a driver, just like any webcam...but otherwise it should
work.

-John O

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-keevill- - 09 May 2008 15:20 GMT

> You might need a driver, just like any webcam...but otherwise it should
> work.
>
> -John O

If I use 'USB Mode' the Pc can see the camera but it cannot relate the
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
?

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JohnO - 09 May 2008 15:33 GMT

>> You might need a driver, just like any webcam...but otherwise it should
>> work.
>>
>> -John O
> If I use 'USB Mode' the Pc can see the camera but it cannot relate the
> camera to the chat program.

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.

> I have a USB connector cable to the vid cam -do I need some other
> connector

For a capture card, maybe, depends on the type of card. Some use composite
video.

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