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I'm currently watching the election, are you? Anyway, thanks to those ppl who wondered about my previous post. I'm not gonna say what I did here, but basically I was just pissed at myself :D
Earlier yesterday at CC, I picked up a Creative's Video Blaster Webcam Go Plus (gotta remember the plus!) for $20+tax. Why did I get a webcam? I wanted a mic and a webcam for talking to family/friends. At first I thought it was a pretty good deal since the store advertised it as $75 (this is CC we're talking about, so they're usually pretty cheap) and later that day I checked other stores and it went for $50USD. So yeah, all I have to say is be careful cause you get what you paid for. Although it is portable, which is neat, I cannot get the built-in mic to work as a standalone mic (so I can use skype properly). That and the colours are brutal - after much tweaking, this is what I get:
Looney Tunes Box Set (Not mine)
Watching the election
Crap in my keyboard after years of frustrating nights studying
Still, I think the fact that I can at least take it around to take pictures is neat and hey, it's only $20.
BTW, my friend had trouble installing it (ie getting BSOD) while installing their software, and I had trouble loading the control panel for the webcam as it kept on crashing. I think my problem is that it automatically tried to access my AiW Card as it is also a capture device, so of course it's complaining. You have to load the PhotoEditor as provided by them, choose the webcam (they gave me an option to choose my TV or my Webcam) and then quit and open up the control panel. I've no clue why you can shoose in the photoeditor and not in the control panel... oh well, it works now. Perhaps soon I'll accept requests for videos if u know what I mean :P Hrmmm, actually, as for video of myself, if I catch it, perhaps I'll post it... we'll see!
Earlier yesterday at CC, I picked up a Creative's Video Blaster Webcam Go Plus (gotta remember the plus!) for $20+tax. Why did I get a webcam? I wanted a mic and a webcam for talking to family/friends. At first I thought it was a pretty good deal since the store advertised it as $75 (this is CC we're talking about, so they're usually pretty cheap) and later that day I checked other stores and it went for $50USD. So yeah, all I have to say is be careful cause you get what you paid for. Although it is portable, which is neat, I cannot get the built-in mic to work as a standalone mic (so I can use skype properly). That and the colours are brutal - after much tweaking, this is what I get:
Looney Tunes Box Set (Not mine)
Watching the election
Crap in my keyboard after years of frustrating nights studying
Still, I think the fact that I can at least take it around to take pictures is neat and hey, it's only $20.
BTW, my friend had trouble installing it (ie getting BSOD) while installing their software, and I had trouble loading the control panel for the webcam as it kept on crashing. I think my problem is that it automatically tried to access my AiW Card as it is also a capture device, so of course it's complaining. You have to load the PhotoEditor as provided by them, choose the webcam (they gave me an option to choose my TV or my Webcam) and then quit and open up the control panel. I've no clue why you can shoose in the photoeditor and not in the control panel... oh well, it works now. Perhaps soon I'll accept requests for videos if u know what I mean :P Hrmmm, actually, as for video of myself, if I catch it, perhaps I'll post it... we'll see!
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