How to Record Video with your Webcam

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  1. Anthony says:

    @Giftbearer – I hope you do understand that SilverLight is nothing more than a tool, or library, similar to the Adobe Flash plugin. Both are intended for rich media in a web browser.
    So there will not be a standard application for webcam recording with Silverlight. It will require development, unless someone has already created a web application for that (I have not found it yet).
    But there are other applications that you can use to record video with your webcam, and even ones that can stream it online.

    Have a look at iCam, which allows you to view a video stream from the webcam on a mobile device or browser, and WebcamXP. With iCam you can stream, but not save a local copy. WebcamXP does allow that, and I think the free, home-use version might suite your purpose already.

  2. Giftbearer says:

    It is on Silverlight; not online. It shows the picture of me in front of the computer when I look at the tab for webcam but there is no “record” or “make video” button anywhere that I can find. Aren’t there some step by step instructions on how to record on Silverlight? It’s strange that I can’t find any. Most of the searches on Google bring up irrelevant results that don’t get right down to how you record with silverlight.

  3. Anthony says:

    @Giftbearer – If you updated to the latest version, the software should be okay. And if the webcam is already working, it is also not a driver issue.
    Which application are you using that is showing your webcam picture? Or which website, if it is online?

  4. Giftbearer says:

    Could I be missing some necessary drivers?

  5. Giftbearer says:

    It shows what would be viewed in the webcam but doesn’t ask for confirmation to turn it on and I don’t know how to get it to. My son couldn’t figure it out either and he has some tech training. How do I get it to ask for confirmation to turn it on?

  6. Anthony says:

    @Giftbearer – Silverlight will not turn on the internal webcam on your laptop without confirmation.
    As long as you don’t install rogue software, Silverlight will ask the user for confirmation on the webcam access first.

  7. Giftbearer says:

    Will Silverlight turn on my internal peephole webcam on my ASUS Laptop?

    If so, have you got exact instructions for that? I just uploaded the 2011 most updated version.

    Need to have this working by Wednesday when I have a big reveal I want to videotape.

    Thanks for your help?

  8. michelle says:

    debut video capture software is great. thanks for the recc.

  9. virender says:

    Dear sir, Thanks a lot to rectify my usb extension problem. Sir, according to your advise I connected two self powered hub with each usb extension upto 9mtr long {3×3] and the Device Manager is now showing ” The device is working properly “. But I have another problem with the same deivce. After connecting each usb extension upto 6 mtr or 9 mtr long, my pc is receving very slow motion video from usb webcam “TECH-COM Model -SSD 652 Night Vision”. I am using window sxp 3 2002 on Intel R 845GV Celeron (R) CPU 2.40GHz, 2GB of RAM. Can you please let me know how to fix it so my pc could receive normal video without any problem.
    With regards!

  10. Paula says:

    you should try nimbb.com in which you can record 30 seconds of video for free using your webcam then you can share with your friends on facebook and twitter.

  11. Salil says:

    Once I download a new software for webcam, I fear that the old webcam drivers might go of my PC when I uninstall the new software. Is there a way to avoid this?

  12. Anthony says:

    @ann – What happens when you try to uninstall eatcam from the Control Panel? Do you get an error?

    @richard gibson – By “shows busy” do you mean you get an error that the webcam is in use by another program? That generally really means that a program is locking the webcam. Check all the programs and services running on the system, and close all that could be related to webcam (like multimedia applications and processes).
    Sometimes reinstalling the webcam driver and software can help as well.
    If all fails, try using a program like SplitCam, which allows sharing of the webcam across multiple applications. That ensures the webcam cannot be lockec by a single application.

  13. richard gibson says:

    webcam shows busy all the time, unable to locate why

  14. ann says:

    i want to uninstall the eatcam webcam recorder but don’t know how….

  15. Anthony says:

    @George – One option is to use a screen recorder (like camtasia, but there are plenty tools for this). But there are also many converters for PPT to AVI. Just do a search on that and you’ll find a lot of software that can do it directly.

  16. George says:

    I have been trying for sometime to turn my powerpoing slide into a video material without success. Do you have any tips on that?

  17. Jake says:

    I was playing cod on the t.v, and recording it on my laptop at the same time with this software. Whenever i moved too fast, the signal would become fuzzy on the laptop. I fixed this somehow and the picture on my laptop was flawless, but it stopped working, so i had to reinstall it. Now the signal on my laptop is fuzzy again. Can anyone help?

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