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    Recording using the inbuilt camers (SZ)

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by fangoes, Mar 23, 2006.

  1. fangoes

    fangoes Notebook Guru

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    Hey all,

    i was wondering if anyone could tell me if its possible to record clips using the inbuilt camera. i thought sony would bundle some software to be able to do this considering it bundles so much!! maybe it is there i just am not looking in the right place...or if there is 3rd party software i can use

    any help would be much appreciated

    Thanks
     
    fangoes, Mar 23, 2006
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  2. ronin.achilles

    ronin.achilles Notebook Geek

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    Use Windows Movie Maker (which comes default with Windows XP). You can record clips and save them. Its pretty simple. I just tested it today.
     
    ronin.achilles, Mar 24, 2006
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  3. darrensen

    darrensen Notebook Consultant

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    What is the auality like.

    (would be good if someone could post a short video clip)

    Thanks

    Darren
     
    darrensen, Mar 24, 2006
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  4. fangoes

    fangoes Notebook Guru

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    i never even thought of that...windows movie maker is great fro what i needed thanks for that.

    ill play around with it more and maybe post a clip darrensen

    thanks for your help ronin
     
    fangoes, Mar 24, 2006
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  5. ronin.achilles

    ronin.achilles Notebook Geek

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    I too happened to discover the Movie Maker thing by chance...I thought since the webcam was auto detected by my Skype and Yahoo, and Movie Maker has the capability to detect Videos, so ideally it should also detect it automatically. And it did... so well :)

    Quality is stricty just do-able... no Canon S2IS type video. Good enough for short clips/casual video conferencing etc. Will be better if you have a good background lighting.
     
    ronin.achilles, Mar 24, 2006
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    Sunfox Notebook Deity

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    The default Sony install comes with a number of audio/video programs... I'll check to see if any of them (besides Movie Maker) can record video.
     
    Sunfox, Mar 24, 2006
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