Difficulty: Moderately challenging
Things You’ll Need:
Step1
Evaluate the speed of your current computer and modem - sending video images takes a lot of bandwidth and processing power. Get a server computer and a digital modem if you plan to stream live video.
Step2
Get a videoconferencing camera, digital still camera or digital camcorder to use as your Web cam. (See the Related eHow "How to Choose a Web Camera.")
Step3
Buy a video digitizing card if you plan to use a camcorder.
Step4
Select an inexpensive Web cam program or download a shareware program; various Web sites recommend WebCam32, I-Spy, WebCamToo and SpyCam.
Step5
Connect your Web camera to the computer.
Step6
Install the Web cam software.
Step7
Install server software if you plan to transmit images in real time.
Step8
Connect to your Internet service provider (ISP).
Step9
Follow the instructions in the Web cam software to begin transmitting images.
Comments
cyn777 said
on 10/27/2007 How do you save snapshots with a built in webcam as jpegs? I can't find a save option on my Toshiba webcam in options/settings/properties.
manikb said
on 4/13/2007 I have installed web camera (e-CAM (100K) JIL-2209) of frontech. Once it worked but after reistalling it again it did not work. I even tried with the downloaded driver but the device could not be located. I tried the camera to another computer and it worked but not at my machine. Please let me know the steps to enable my web camera.