Although I use the Pro version, you may find that the non-Pro version,
at $30, works great for you. There is nothing tricky about installing webcamXP (see
Figure 6-1), but the configuration has so many wonderful options that a little guidance
will help you get things started.
The first step is to select a video source, your webcam, so webcamXP has something
to work with. Right-click the box labeled 1 and select Connect just under the
camera icon to open a menu of video source types, as shown in Figure 6-2. You should
be able to use the DirectX Video Source, which is generic to most Windows installations,
then you will see your camera model listed??”simply click the name of your
camera as the desired video source.
A live image from your camera should appear in the box that was labeled 1 and
in the main viewing area, as shown in Figure 6-3. The image in the main viewing area
changes to the camera you select in the blocks below. webcamXP PRO can support up
to 100 video sources.
Figure 6-1
The webcamXP
software window
provide access to all
features.
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Figure 6-2
webcamXP allows
you to choose from
a number of video
sources.
Figure 6-3
webcamXP displays
the live image from the
selected video source.
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Click the Web/Broadcast tab, shown in Figure 6-4, to set up webcamXP to make
your camera views available as web pages on your local network, and later over the
Internet. By default, the program is already set to be its own web server.
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