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Tom's Hardware > Forum > Applications > Multimedia > recording with web came

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Hello, I have a question about recording with a web cam, I have a pretty simple one, but i would like to try and use it to catch some bratty Teenagers who keep egging my girlfriend new Car.

I plan to just place the cam in my window, and have it record in a 24 loop type thing, I have a free HD in my computer if that is neccessary... its an 8GB if it matters.

What things would i need to do that? i figure i need software but i don't know what... is there anything esle that i would need?

PLEASE any help in this matter would be great. the girl freind threated to not come over any more if it continues... and we can't have that!


ASUS P4S8X - P4 2.4B - 2 x 512M DDR333 - ATI 9500 Pro(Sapphire) - WD 80G HD (8M Buffer) - SAMSUNG SV0844D 8G HD - LG 16X DVD - Yamaha F1 CDRW - Iomega Zip 250 int.

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I will give it some thought. I recently read about a piece of software that does cctv stuff (this is basically what you are on about), i'll see if i can find it. Will post a reply in a day or two.

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THank you, any further help in this matter would be greatly appreciated

ASUS P4S8X - P4 2.4B - 2 x 512M DDR333 - ATI 9500 Pro(Sapphire) - WD 80G HD (8M Buffer) - SAMSUNG SV0844D 8G HD - LG 16X DVD - Yamaha F1 CDRW - Iomega Zip 250 int.
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by cdpage on 06/17/03 01:04 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

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OK, well i couldn't think of anything obvious or cheap, but google searches came up with this:
<A HREF="http://www.icode.co.uk/icatcher/" target="_new">I-Catcher</A>
<A HREF="http://www.cctvsoftware.com/pcvcr.htm" target="_new">PC VCR</A> looks like what you want too.
I don't think any of this is freeware though, but good luck, and let us know if you get the b$^&(ds.

Also, i think your hardware is fine. As for the 8 Gig hard drive, i suspect it will be fine for 24 to 48 hours at a time but it depends how the software records, what file type, how frequently etc etc.

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