Camera Settings
The program works with many video sources simultaneously. Every video source represented by Camera Window. A Camera Window can be connected to a Local camera (frame grabber or USB camera), Network camera (Axis@, D-Link@, etc.), or to Remote camera (another Active WebCam program launched on remote computer with video capture device).
To create new Camera Window
- Click New Camera from the File menu.
- Camera Setting dialog box appears.
Camera Setting dialog box
Camera Setting dialog box helps you control selected video source. To open the Camera Settings dialog box, select Camera Settings from the File menu.
Set a preview rate in the Preview Frame Rate box. It indicates the number of frames per second in the camera window. The default value is 10 frames per second. This value doesn't interfere with broadcast or record frame rate.
Local Video and Audio devices
Click to select Local Camera if you want to work with video device connected to the computer or with a Network camera.
Capture Method
The Capture Method radio buttons allow you to select a method of video capture, which your camera is supported. The type of Capture Method doesn't matter for Network cameras.
Video for Windows (VfW) was released for the Windows 3.1 operating system and was optimized for capturing movies to disk. Since then, video capture rates have risen dramatically because of the use of the PCI bus, bus mastering controllers, and direct transfer of captured video from adapter memory to disk without data copies.
DirectShow video capture was designed to resolve the problems inherent in the VfW architecture. It provides 32-bit drivers for devices with a 32-bit architecture, such as USB and IEEE 1394 conferencing cameras and supports multiple streams.
Video Device
Choose a camera to work with, from the Video Devices drop-down list. If you want to connect to Network camera, select Network Camera.
The camera control buttons set depends on type of camera. For USB cameras it is mostly the Source and Format buttons. TheSource button helps to change image characteristics, like brightness, contrast, sharpness etc. The Format button allows to set image size and color mode.
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