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Offline okieman98

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cheap wweb cam
« on: March 29, 2017, 01:40:21 PM »
i got a cheap web cam from ebay (my first mistake i guess) but was going to use it as a test cam till i can get everything working, on my system. it works fine indoors but when i point it to outside it just whites out, and is there a  simple fix for this till i can get a better one thanks


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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2017, 04:02:44 PM »
I suspect we will need to have a make and model number before any guesses can be made. It sounds like it doesn't have any auto adjustments for the images coming in (or it's not turned-on).
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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2017, 09:15:08 PM »
Sounds like IR bouncing off a window.

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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2017, 12:40:50 AM »
not sure who made it, are the brand name, came in brown box no label i can see. the only thing i could find was a sticker that said xsj2016. I went to device manager and look at the info and it said   USB\VID_1908&PID_2310&MI_00\6&18070671&0&0000 


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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2017, 12:43:59 AM »
looks like thiis [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]


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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2017, 01:11:04 AM »
anyone have one of these and do they work have a older mini camcorder that records on dvds but i do have the av cords for it and might be able to use it if this work


 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Easycap-USB-2-0-Audio-Video-VHS-to-DVD-Converter-Capture-Card-Adapter-WIN-7-8-10-/322393487859?hash=item4b102639f3:g:UDYAAOSwB-1Yyarm


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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2017, 01:31:59 AM »
i got a cheap web cam from ebay (my first mistake i guess) but was going to use it as a test cam till i can get everything working, on my system. it works fine indoors but when i point it to outside it just whites out, and is there a  simple fix for this till i can get a better one thanks
Have you tried downloading fWink yet? It has the option to select Outdoor / Indoor and possibly you are getting "washed out" by being set to indoor (lower light levels).

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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2017, 02:54:50 AM »
i downloaded it and went threw all the pages in the software and in settings did not see that setting anywhere in there maybe looking in wrong place


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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2017, 03:02:06 AM »
using windows 10


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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2017, 03:24:03 AM »
i downloaded it and went threw all the pages in the software and in settings did not see that setting anywhere in there maybe looking in wrong place

On the main screen (with the picture), the top choice "Settings"then a page showing 4 tabs at the top, select "Video Capture". On this page down on the lower left click on "Image Controls". About a third of the way down on the right side of this page are your Indoor/Outdoor choices.
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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2017, 01:09:34 PM »
this fwink, this is a screen shot of what it shows me when i go there, maybe this cam will not be able to use the setting. are something, might have to find a different one

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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2017, 11:42:14 AM »
I have been down the road your taking and thought I might help you out a bit.  All these cheap solutions work but never work well enough and the images are never very good.  Take a look at this camera https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013OGSOYU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1.  For $40 plus the cost of a 12volt power cube you can have a image that looks like this http://weather.athelstanewi.com/camera/cam6.jpg.  Of course you need a program to take the image and send it to your website but for the money your not going to find much better.  I have 3 of them so far and have had real good luck with them.

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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2017, 05:24:34 PM »
If the camera is sitting inside a few feet from the window and you are pointing it out the window on a sunny day it will be washed out. Put the whole camera outside and see what picture you get.

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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2017, 06:00:39 PM »
wow it started working , i did nothing but i left it plugged in to the usb slot, since i was working on it a day are so, running on tincam taking stills every 30 min now will see how they look and turning them into video


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Re: cheap wweb cam
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2017, 06:01:32 PM »
thanks everyone for all the help getting there one step at a time


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