Hi

I have Windows Vista Business and a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ19VN.

I have an inbuilt webcam (motion eye). The webcam works - it automatically
comes up when I do skype calls.

My question is whether I can use the camera for video recordings that I do
independently from skype and how to access my camera.

Susanne <Susanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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>Hi
>
>I have Windows Vista Business and a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ19VN.
>
>I have an inbuilt webcam (motion eye). The webcam works - it automatically
>comes up when I do skype calls.
>
>My question is whether I can use the camera for video recordings that I do
>independently from skype and how to access my camera.[/color]

RTFM

"Susanne" <Susanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D3BD5720-E685-444D-97BA-98A6D37C2FEE@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi
>
> I have Windows Vista Business and a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ19VN.
>
> I have an inbuilt webcam (motion eye). The webcam works - it automatically
> comes up when I do skype calls.
>
> My question is whether I can use the camera for video recordings that I do
> independently from skype and how to access my camera.[/color]


Susanne

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"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
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> "Susanne" <Susanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D3BD5720-E685-444D-97BA-98A6D37C2FEE@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Hi
> >
> > I have Windows Vista Business and a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ19VN.
> >
> > I have an inbuilt webcam (motion eye). The webcam works - it automatically
> > comes up when I do skype calls.
> >
> > My question is whether I can use the camera for video recordings that I do
> > independently from skype and how to access my camera.[/color]
>
>
> Susanne
>
> Look through the list of ALL PROGRAMS..
>
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
> How to construct a good post..
> [url]http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm[/url]
> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc[/url]
> Mike's Window - My Blog..
> [url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx[/url]
>
>
>
>
> I have done that several times and a friend looked there as well. Unfortunately we cannot find it.[/color]

Certainly. But like anything else you need programs. Skype is obviously
one which you have. If your computer did not include other programs that
use the webcam, then google and see what else is out there. There are a lot
of nifty apps that can use it.

I googled on "webcam software" and got some really impressive stuff, like
Camtasia.

"Susanne" <Susanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D3BD5720-E685-444D-97BA-98A6D37C2FEE@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi
>
> I have Windows Vista Business and a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ19VN.
>
> I have an inbuilt webcam (motion eye). The webcam works - it automatically
> comes up when I do skype calls.
>
> My question is whether I can use the camera for video recordings that I do
> independently from skype and how to access my camera.[/color]

Hi, I have an HP laptop. To access the webcam - All
Programs>Quickplay>Music, Video, Pictue(2nd option from left). Then in
the 'source' column you should see the webcam which you select and use
to make stills or video.
Hope this helps.
MickK

Susanne wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi
>
> I have Windows Vista Business and a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ19VN.
>
> I have an inbuilt webcam (motion eye). The webcam works - it automatically
> comes up when I do skype calls.
>
> My question is whether I can use the camera for video recordings that I do
> independently from skype and how to access my camera.[/color]

"Susanne" <Susanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D3BD5720-E685-444D-97BA-98A6D37C2FEE@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi
>
> I have Windows Vista Business and a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ19VN.
>
> I have an inbuilt webcam (motion eye). The webcam works - it automatically
> comes up when I do skype calls.
>
> My question is whether I can use the camera for video recordings that I do
> independently from skype and how to access my camera.[/color]

[url]ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/Manuals/Notebooks/FZ1/FZ1_H_EN.pdf[/url] is the manual
for your system. It specifically says on Page 34 that the program will NOT
work with Windows Movie Maker software so you will need to find out what
program Sony put on the computer to allow you to use it for video capture.

If you can't find a program on your computer to run the video capture from
your web camera, you should Google for "Free video capture" and try some of
the shareware to see if any will operate your computer's camera.

My HP computer came with a program (CyberLink YouCam) that allows both
instant messaging over the internet or video capture to the hard drive as a
file. Works really well with my hardware and they have a free trial at
[url]www.cyberlink.com[/url] and click on the YouCam program at the lower left.

Hope this helps, let us know

Camtasia is probably the best if you need to record demos, presentation or
tutorial based videos. I have it on my machine and find it extremely useful.
It costs around $299 (£150)

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"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:B82C969E-F4BB-4A4E-8926-23EB289C3F54@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Certainly. But like anything else you need programs. Skype is obviously
> one which you have. If your computer did not include other programs that
> use the webcam, then google and see what else is out there. There are a
> lot of nifty apps that can use it.
>
> I googled on "webcam software" and got some really impressive stuff, like
> Camtasia.
>
> "Susanne" <Susanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D3BD5720-E685-444D-97BA-98A6D37C2FEE@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> Hi
>>
>> I have Windows Vista Business and a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ19VN.
>>
>> I have an inbuilt webcam (motion eye). The webcam works - it
>> automatically
>> comes up when I do skype calls.
>>
>> My question is whether I can use the camera for video recordings that I
>> do
>> independently from skype and how to access my camera.[/color]
>[/color]