Can you access the web cam for home photos and videos? I bought a web cam lap top that wont allow you to use the w.c. unless IN skype!
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Not sure of your question, but as long as I've been in business I've never seen a webcam that can't be used for the purposes you described although I want to be sure I know what "access the webcam for home photos and videos" means to you.
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You can.That's basically how I set mine up.Call foscam support if you get stuck anywhere.Some find the portforwarding settings a bit confusing. Just fyi. Support is very helpful, they can remote access your pc if need be.
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I had this older webcam lying around, and decided to try and use it with Windows Vista. Downloaded the software from Logitech's website, and it does work on SKYPE! However, the video is a little 'jerky', and not up to modern webcam standards. But it does work! Audio from the built in mic sounds good.
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Plug in both cords (the USB and audio) into the ports on your computer before turning your computer on. You can check them by using the program that you want a web cam for (i.e. Skype, IM video, etc.). You can also click on the start button on your desktop -> Control Panel -> Sound and/or Speech Recording.
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It is not compatible, as is, direct from Free Talk. Upon receiving the unit you will need to contact their customer service to receive instructions as "how to make it such" on their web site. You will also need the proper USB adapter to connect the video-cam to your computer to download/upgrade the appropriate firm ware. Once accomplished you will have purchased a relatively inexpensive way to interface with Skype with very decent/versatile imaging capabilities.
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My wife used it when she was in Germany. Skype worked fine, we talked every day. She has 2 gig of ram in it. It only ran slow if she had other programs running in the background. CyberLink YouCam runs well on it too. You can use it for vid email, YouTube and to print selecte photo's. I hope that I was of some help.
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Hi, I just bought the LifeCam VX-5000 and I have the same problem as Bonnie above. Could anyone tell me what version of windows and what version of skype they are using? I just want to get this to work. Thanks!
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you cant video chat. i have this laptop and it sucks. the cam is great for taking pics tho (:
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I have my mother using the webcam on her Dell, using AIM. I go through Ichat. It worked for a while, but I had to invite her to videochat. Picture quality was poor. She could never invite me. Now, it doesnt work at all, and am wondering if it is just my mother who isnt very tech savvy, or if it is the stinkin cam.
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I just downloaded Skype for my Windows, and when I logged on it said to configure my webcam, so I'm guessing it picked it up. But, then Skype froze and I couldn't get it to work the rest of the night. So I'm just guessing that it works. I'll have to try again later. Hope this somewhat helps.
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Same problem here. It seems now you can only manage the camera from the same network/lan/wlan, meaning the computer or your cell phone and the camera need to connect to the same router at home.
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Yeah, just bought this webcam and have the same problem with it not showing up in "My Computer." I
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Hi Edward, what pw are you looking for? Router access, wifi, viewnetcam login? each cam has his own pw! Luc
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This is a very limited computer, it has a web cam with less than average quality. Of course you can record videos with it and upload them to youtube, but again they are low quality. More advanced video processing, editing, may be out of the league of this laptop.
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Speaking for Windows, yes, you can assign the audio ins/outs of the Scarlett as your 'communication device' in Control Panel, and it works just fine with Google Hangouts / Skype / GotoMeeting. The video aspect is irrelevant since there are no video features on the Scarlett. Your existing webcam would continue to work as it did before, with or without the Scarlett enabled as your communication device.
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Do these cam's zoom in and out? Does the inferred work on total darkness? can you see all cams at once either on your computer or your phone? And most importantly are they wireless? During the day does it show color? And at night its black & white of course right? Can anyone help me here, if this does not have everything i just described, ive gotten ones before and returned them because of there not this! and its a must i have all of this.
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You should have received a CD with the webcam that has software called "Live! Central". Install that if you haven't already. You can check out the what the video looks like with that software. In other words, what others will see/what you will look like to others. It also has some other features which allow you to manipulate the video in different ways. I'm a bit unclear on exactly what you're asking. So, if this doesn't answer your question let me know.