Is there an inexpensive way I can use this camera and hook it up to my pc and use it to record?
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You would need some type of video input or capture card. Example... http://www.ebay.com/bhp/pc-video-capture-card
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We plugged it into the microphone jack on our computer. Then, you need a program to use the microphone for recording. We used a free program called Audacity.
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No, It would not be worth the effort to try and do that. It is a very basic camera and requires old technology. It is cheap and effective if you are wanting to watch the front desk or something of that nature.
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You need a cam capture card or USB dongle.. Or some other way to input video into the computer. This has a yellow video and red audio RCA connectors.
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Kind of - the camera has a special type of RCA plug called a "BNC". It comes with an RCA plug adapter, so to connect it to a computer, you would need an RCA (video in) plug on your computer. You can buy a "security card" IDE or PCIE, and it will use your Hard drive to record. I actually started this route, but found it better to just buy a seperate DVR, and you can access the device from a computer or smartphone from anywhere. The camera is pretty good for an outside, all weather unit.
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Im not sure if you can record on your PC, but you can view the cameras from your PC or your Iphone. You need to download the Foscam App- they have a free one which is ok but the $5.00 one time app is the best. It gives you all the functions to listen in and talk through your cameras. I also have a monthly subscription to FoscamCloud where it records and takes pictures whenever there is movement and stores it for me. I can also log in from any computer to that site and see through my cameras. https://www.foscamcloud.com/login-fc
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The easiest way is with a SD card reader then just pull the card from the camera and plug it in to your computer
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All you do is just plug it in and find in the system this camera and mark it to work as a camera and a microphone. It is very simple, no other stuff is necessary. It still works for me, but only as a microphone (video broke some time ago)
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if the camcorder has a S-video or composite RCA output it should capture the video to your PC and then you can copy the saved digital file to a SD card
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If you want to record you will need to connect the camera to a DVR (Digital video recorder) or something similar otherwise it is just live video connected to a monitor.
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You can get hardware that allows you to record onto the computer. The hardware is a memory hog. Or maybe it is software.
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I use mine with my TV that has a built in VHS tape recorder for surveillance, I don't know how you'd play recorded video on your PC. It's a very good little camera, and the crooks don't even know that it's there. I'm thinking about getting another one.
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If you can record photos from a digital cam via the usb input can you also rec ..say a slideshow running on a laptop?
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Pretty sure you just use the usb cable to link to your PC and extract the file. Might need to set your cam to the video playback setting to do it. I haven't used mine for a long time, so it's hard to remember.
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You would need some video capture software. This is NOT a USB or IP camera.
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No, you can record with any USB Microphone that has the correct drivers and is recognized by your OS.
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You need to have a LAN set up, the cameras can connect either by ethernet cable or wireless. You can record audio and video using Internet Explorer that you probably have already, the cameras also come with a separate Foscam Client program that will do it also. Be aware that long recording times will use up a huge amount of drive space, these are not meant for continuous recording.