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Old 11-25-2003, 07:40 PM   #1 of 6
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Can digital camcorders be used as webcams?

Can the recent crop of digital camcorders also double as a webcam via their USB 2 or firewire ports?

I would like to get one and the dual use would help justify the cost.

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Old 11-25-2003, 07:48 PM   #2 of 6
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I have an old 2nd generation JVC DV camcorder, and I can use it as a webcam, however, its captured using a Dazzle USB Video capture device rather than directly form the camcorder...
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The newer Sony camcorders has software that does that. I haven't tried it but I read some poeple actually using it thru the USB connect.
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I've used my firewire-equiped MiniDV camera with my Mac, using iChat AV. So videoconferencing works. Haven't tried a webcam sort of thing.


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Another option is to plug the analog video out of any video camera into the analog video in of a video capture/TV tuner card.
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Old 11-26-2003, 05:04 PM   #6 of 6
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Thanks guys I guess it looks like it is possible I will just have to look very closely at the camera specs. I don't have a Dazzle box or a video capture card so I was hoping that a straight USB 2.0 or Firewire connection would work.

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