I have a video camera that has firewire on it. I'm able to import my video's perfectly but my wife wants to use it as a webcam to talk to her family over seas. When we try it we get no video signal (and yes, the camera is on). Is there something we're missing?
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Firewire Camera
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See if there is on the camera itself a USB option switch. Some offer the ability to switch between "Modes": linear, Hybrid or Transfer.
The choices are to use it essentially as a WebCam, a single photo camera, or a short Hybrid video mode.
The choices are to use it essentially as a WebCam, a single photo camera, or a short Hybrid video mode.
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It doesn't have USB to it I don't think, just Firewire. I have other modes on the camera but it just shows up blank in the web cam. I've tried Yahoo, MSN and a few others and it doesn't work. But pennacle or movie maker works great. So just web cam it doesn't work.
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