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video on laptop

2016-12-22 by billhansen2008@...

I've never used a computer to take video of myself, but it looks like I'm going to have to learn how to do that. I've recently signed up for an art course which requires me take real-time video of myself as I paint, so using one of my still cameras, which of course do have the ability to take video, probably won't be adequate.

The 4 year old Dell Inspiron laptop computer my wife uses has a small built-in video camera, probably one of those 3 mpx ones, but neither of us know how to use it. Can someone point me toward how to get started?

Or would it be better to get an aftermarket video camera which I can hook up directly to the desktop computer (which does not have a video camera built in)? If so, what brands, models, etc?

Thanks - Bill Hansen


Re: video on laptop

2016-12-22 by Randy Gentry

What operating system are you using? If we know what the OS is we can go from there. Aloha from Maui

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