Victor Writes: Is there a way I could access a webcam that is hooked up to a desktop computer in my home network with a different desktop computer in the same home network? I would like to monitor what is going on downstairs from the computer that is upstairs! I would think this should be similar to accessing a printer that is hooked up to a different computer...

Generally speaking, when most people hear "webcam", they don’t exactly equate that with "high quality image"; the main reason for this is that webcams started out as being very poorly-constructed, awful-image-resolution plastic pieces of crap. In addition, there were scores of higher-priced webcams that shoved in software features but...

If you haven’t tried Windows Live Movie Maker 2011 (available here,) Microsoft finally put back the ability to record direct from the webcam:The last time this was seen was in Windows Movie Maker for XP. Capturing direct from webcam is fortunately very simple and works better than it did in Movie Maker XP, however there are a few things you should be...

Just about everybody has used some form of wireless technology when it comes to your PC, namely wireless networking. You’re also aware of other things that are wireless such as printers, digital picture frames and so on. But the one thing that’s not in wide use nor is widely available is the wireless webcam, or wireless cameras that specifically...

As anyone who has ever tried to plug in a webcam to Linux knows (including yours truly), it’s a pain in the butt. However I came across an article written about an app called Cheese. In short: Cheese is cool. It’s easy to get (especially for Ubuntu users), easy to run, has Flickr support and F-Spot support (the photo manager you may have seen in...

We have had the ability to post video comments here on PCMech and over at DavidRisley.com for a couple weeks now. I never officially announced it, however, which may be why nobody has bothered to use it. So, our video comments will be using Seesmic. Seesmic is really onto something when it comes to allowing video comments on blogs. To use it, all you need is a...

On the live stream I periodically get asked what webcam I use and how I get the image to look at good as it does. I inform that yes I use a Microsoft Lifecam VX-3000. It does the job and does it well for live streaming. However I will be the first to admit it’s not perfect. There are drawbacks to webcams, such as: Tiny lens The itty bitty lens only allows...

The multimedia aspect of computing has taken off like never before. Online video has taken off thanks to the spread of broadband internet access and sites like Youtube. People are now communicating visually over the internet. Webcams play an important role in this whole thing. If you have a webcam, you have a tool which allows you to put your own video up on the...

Webcams typically suffer from lack of picture quality. To a degree, this is understandable due to the low resolution of most webcams. However, there are a few little tricks to getting the best picture from a lower quality web cam. Watch and find...