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msbaldwin · Mar 23, 2007, 10:43 PM

I have it hooked up to my PC but the mode only says PC. How do I use it as a web cam? The instructions are not very clear.

TCav · Mar 24, 2007, 11:48 AM

Do the instructions actually say that it can be used as a webcam?

I don't know about the Innovage mini cam specifically, but I don't believe it can. Typically, when a camera is connected to a computer (via USB), the computer only sees the camera as a card reader. The camera might be able to capture video, but only to store it or to send it to a TV Out port, not the USB Port, which is where the computer would expect to see a webcam. And if your computer has a TV In port, you could use the computer to watch the video (like a TV) or record it (like a VCR), not send it to the web.

But there are some that do, and maybe the Innovageis one of them.

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Mar 23, 2007, 10:43 PM	#1
msbaldwin Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1	I have it hooked up to my PC but the mode only says PC. How do I use it as a web cam? The instructions are not very clear.

Mar 24, 2007, 11:48 AM	#2
TCav Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Washington, DC, Metro Area, Maryland Posts: 13,826	Do the instructions actually say that it can be used as a webcam? I don't know about the Innovage mini cam specifically, but I don't believe it can. Typically, when a camera is connected to a computer (via USB), the computer only sees the camera as a card reader. The camera might be able to capture video, but only to store it or to send it to a TV Out port, not the USB Port, which is where the computer would expect to see a webcam. And if your computer has a TV In port, you could use the computer to watch the video (like a TV) or record it (like a VCR), not send it to the web. But there are some that do, and maybe the Innovageis one of them.