can i use an 8mm sony camcorder as a Webcam?
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If it is digital, you should be able to, as long as there is a  usb port.\nIf it is analog, no.
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Are you talking about 8mm as in the older Sony Camcorders on those 8mm cassette prior to Digital8? or are you talking about 8mm film?\n\nIf it's the first one, the easiest way is to just get a standalone DVD recorder from Target or Walmart for $100 - $120 and just plug your RCA jacks from your camcorder to the recorder and record away.  However, there is limited editing you can do as all you can do is press stop, forward the tape, start, stop, forward the tape, start to skip stuff you don't want.  :)\n\nIf you want the capability of editing and using a NLE video editing application, then it's a bit harder.  I don't think the older camcorders have Firewire so you will have to get a video capture card where you can connect your camcorder to that and it will digitize that for you and dump that to your PC and then you can open it with whatever video editing software you choose and do your edits, add fx, transitions, etc.  Then create the DVD.  It's actually a lot more complex but if you decide to go this path, you can emai lme.\n\nIf you are referring to 8mm film (circa 1970's) then you will most likely have to take it to a production house to get that transferred.\n\nHere is some info though if you want to do it from home:\n\nhttp://hometheater.about.com/od/videoediting/qt/filmtovideo.htm
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If you want a GOOD cam recorder get the one at http://www.oatmealmedia.net it works on any webcam
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You could get a TV Capture card. They are anywhere from $30 on up. The webcam would be an input device and you just hit the record button on the software to record. TV Capture cards can also record TV and VHS if you have the right inputs, very nice to have!\nA great software to caputure video is Active Webcam\nhttp://www.pysoft.com/ActiveWebCamMainpage.htm
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You can use what Kyle said or if you have a DV camcorder you can connect through an  IEEE1394 firewire port. If your laptop does not have one you can buy the card at any computer store.
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Sometimes the driver for the Logitech Quickcam will work.\n\nSeems to give basic functions to some of the oddist camera models
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In theory yes it would do. The picture quality however may not even improve as its also the lense that matters.\n\nIf your internet connection is currently using 100% of your bandwidth while using the webcam then upgrading to a higher resolution will not have any benefits actually more drawbacks. I would stick with (or buy) a lower resolution one by a good make for best performance. \n\n - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - \nwww.3doms.com \nTechSupport@3doms.com (free)\n - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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well i only know how to use it as a web cam on yahoo mesdsenger.....HERES HOW..... make sure its on Camera mode under the setting part before u connect it to the computer (u might have to do this everytime before u use it)...and connect ur camera to the computer...ur computer should notice it............ once you get in a messenger window with who u want to see ur web cam click on webcam at the top of the window and follow the directions. This should work if it doesnt u should contact aiptek.
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Best bet would for you to choose ones that you can afford or are willing to pay for and post back with those specs and then we can suggest the best one. I think pinacle do a break out box or something like that which may or may not be useful to you depending on how you plan to capture the audio / video content to the laptop ??\n\nIm assuming this will be via some cam corder , will it be analogue or digital camcorder and what connectors has the camcorder(s) in question got in terms of connectivity to allow you to connect it to the laptop or whatever you plan to connect it to ie the break out box ( or whatever they call it )
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yahoo, if you have a webcam
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Pick any of the millions of pron sites out there. Contact the admininstrator of that site, ask if you can direct link to the webcam service via server. If so, you should be good to go.
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if your sony digi cam is PC campatible then you can use it as web cam.
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Yes, but you will require a piece of hardware: a video capture device.  These allow video input to the pc, and can be used over USB, FireWire, etc.\n\nYou should be able to pick one up on ebay for a few bucks (20-30 for an older model, 50-60 for something new).
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look the model no on the body of the cam and download the driver from the creative.com
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It depends on the camara, some need proprietary software, mine uses memory cards thatI can simply pop into my card reader and access them like a drive
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You can use your cam in yahoo chat. You will need yahoo messenger to enter it.\nhttp://messenger.yahoo.com
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Its not your cam, you can do it by increasing your RAM, if you have a 128 MB, increase it to a 256 MB.