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    Webcam Program for P-78xx FX

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by achensherd, Jun 26, 2010.

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    achensherd Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm just wondering if there's a better software recording solution for the built-in webcam. The stock program saves video recordings as .avi's.. HUGE .avi's.. and while I'm not necessarily starving for space, 1 GB+ for a two-minute recording at 480p is embarrassingly excessive. What do you guys use, or do you not use the built-in webcam at all and just rely on external ones? Thanks. :)
     
    achensherd, Jun 26, 2010
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    Rhadamanthis Notebook Evangelist

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    ciberlink webcam o chicony program in drivers gateway site
     
    Rhadamanthis, Jun 26, 2010
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    TreeTops Ranch Notebook Deity

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    I use Yawcam. It has some features like motion detection that the OEM software doesn't have. And it is free also. However, it will not do vids. Only JPG, GIF and PNG.
    But it will stream video. Yawcam uses MJPEG as compression.

    Tested on P7805u, Win 7 64

    Yawcam - Yet Another Webcam Software
     
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    Ultimate Destruction Notebook Evangelist

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    BTW I tested Cyberlink and it is decent but not freeware.
     
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    achensherd Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you for the replies. :)

    The Chicony program is what's giving me the huge .avi files. I can get smaller files at the lowest resolution, but it looks really, really bad.

    Yawcam won't do for my present need(s), as I need video recording. It has nice features, though.. I'll keep it tabbed.

    I'll look at Cyberlink and Webcam Max. I'd prefer freeware, but if one or the other are exceptionally good, I'll think about it.

    Anyway, thank you all again. :)
     
    achensherd, Jun 29, 2010
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    What is the newest Gateway Chicony USB 2.0 Camera driver. I have 6.2.251.627: However, it is dated 6/27/2008. I found higher #'ed driver but, they have an older date..
     
    Kensogtp1, Jul 7, 2010
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    Hmm...Gateway shows 1.7.31.413 dated 11/2/2009 Chicony driver for Win 64
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Jul 8, 2010
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    The problem with most web cam software is for compression it has to rely on the CPU. So for real time high compression video our CPU's would be highly stressed.

    Maybe something Cuda Powered.
     
    TANWare, Jul 10, 2010
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