How to use a digital camera as a web cam

8/26/06

Hello Everyone!

I've used Google groups quite a bit to solve software bugs and problems
and so I wanted to give back some by sharing how I finally figured out
how to turn my digital camera into a webcam which I then use with
Yahoo! Messenger's webcam feature. Here it goes ...

Hardware:
-Canon Powershot A85 digital camera with A/V jack and Canon supplied AV
cable (yellow video plug & single audio plug)
-HP Media Center PC (AMD 64 Athlon X2); A/V plugs - S-Video, Composite
(yellow, white, red)

Software:
-Yahoo! Messenger with Voice (v.7.5.0.0.811)
-Splitcam freeware software from www.splitcamera.com, v3.27 beta (build
5, driver vers. v3.2.1) which is used to take the video signal from the
digital camera and feed it into Y! Messenger

Steps:
1) Plugged A85 into PC (canon cable to PC yellow video port; plugged
the canon single audio black plug to the PC red audio port); powered on
A85

2) Downloaded, checked for viruses, installed & launched splitcam
freeware program.
-configured software: clicked "source" button to make sure program was
using my PC's video card; clicked File->Crossbar to configure "Input"
to the correct "Video Composite In"

3) Launched Y! Messenger
-clicked Messenger->My Webcam
-click File->Preferences->Webcam
-click Camera Source; choose Splitcam Capture drop down, click OK
-click "OK" to close Y! Messenger Preferences window

And that's it! My A85 is now a Webcam and capturing images that's
being broadcasted via Y! Messenger!

Good luck!

Thanks for the info. What's your website?

<bill945.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1156615472.251077.216870@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> 8/26/06
>
> Hello Everyone!
>
> I've used Google groups quite a bit to solve software bugs and problems
> and so I wanted to give back some by sharing how I finally figured out
> how to turn my digital camera into a webcam which I then use with
> Yahoo! Messenger's webcam feature. Here it goes ...
>
> Hardware:
> -Canon Powershot A85 digital camera with A/V jack and Canon supplied AV
> cable (yellow video plug & single audio plug)
> -HP Media Center PC (AMD 64 Athlon X2); A/V plugs - S-Video, Composite
> (yellow, white, red)
>
> Software:
> -Yahoo! Messenger with Voice (v.7.5.0.0.811)
> -Splitcam freeware software from www.splitcamera.com, v3.27 beta (build
> 5, driver vers. v3.2.1) which is used to take the video signal from the
> digital camera and feed it into Y! Messenger
>
> Steps:
> 1) Plugged A85 into PC (canon cable to PC yellow video port; plugged
> the canon single audio black plug to the PC red audio port); powered on
> A85
>
> 2) Downloaded, checked for viruses, installed & launched splitcam
> freeware program.
> -configured software: clicked "source" button to make sure program was
> using my PC's video card; clicked File->Crossbar to configure "Input"
> to the correct "Video Composite In"
>
> 3) Launched Y! Messenger
> -clicked Messenger->My Webcam
> -click File->Preferences->Webcam
> -click Camera Source; choose Splitcam Capture drop down, click OK
> -click "OK" to close Y! Messenger Preferences window
>
> And that's it! My A85 is now a Webcam and capturing images that's
> being broadcasted via Y! Messenger!
>
> Good luck!
>