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Can Sony dsc p12 to be used as web cam ?

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marios....@gmail.com

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Oct 3, 2005, 4:05:21 PM10/3/05
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Hello lads!

I own a cyber-shot sony dsc p12 and i was wondering if i can use it as
a web cam. Can you please help me with this matter. I would be
greatfull if you could.

Thanks in advance

Digital Photography Now

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Oct 4, 2005, 1:37:28 AM10/4/05
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Regardless of whether or not the camera has a built in USB Web cam mode, if
your computer has a video capture card and your camera has a coposite video
TV-out port, you can use it as a Web cam. It's likely the image quality and
frame rate will be better this way too.

Ian

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marios....@gmail.com

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Oct 4, 2005, 7:36:21 AM10/4/05
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Hello again and thanks for your earlier reply.

As far as i am aware my sony dsc-p12 has a fuction A/V out port (mono)
but i don't know how to connect with my laptop. What is a video capture
card? how can i find out if i have one or not? Looking to my Note book
user guide i found out that my laptop has an IEEE 1394 port that
connects to a digital video camera. Can i buy the cable thats connects
the laptop to the camera? what is it called?

marios....@gmail.com

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Oct 4, 2005, 7:38:24 AM10/4/05
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Larry Lynch

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Oct 4, 2005, 8:21:17 AM10/4/05
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In article <1128425904.4...@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
marios....@gmail.com says...

The video output on the Sony camera is for doing a "slide show to your
television (if it has a video input).

The IEEE 1394 port on the computer can take the output from a digital
CAMCORDER not the output from your digicam. (it can also take the input
from a long and wide range of "firewire" type appliances such as hard
drives, cd/dvd burners ect.

The video port on your camera is a "null device" while the camera is in
"capture"(record) mode and will not function as a webcam.

Larry Lynch
Mystic, CT

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Oct 4, 2005, 9:32:14 AM10/4/05
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OK, not that many notebooks have a video-in option, but you could try these
people:

http://www.usbgear.com/USB-Video-Capture.html

They have loads of USB-based video capture options.

There is a Terratec PCMCIA video capture solution available, but it's quite
expensive.

Ian

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