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I want to record a video on my webcam on Lenovo T61 powered by Windows 7 Professional. I've noticed it's working differently from Windows XP. Can anyone care to recommend a decent webcam software that I can use for recording video?

Thanks!

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I find the best and quickest program to be Microsoft AMcap.

It works via native DirectX functions and is very lightweight.

It is a free utility available through the DirectX SDK

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    If it's publicly available I don't see a problem with it
    – Ivo Flipse
    Commented Aug 29, 2010 at 12:08
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Loads of apps out there. Here are a few alternatives:

  • VLC: If you already have VLC media player, it can record from your webcam directly into a video file. See this page for how it's done.

  • OneNote: Part of Microsoft Office, it records video into the current notebook.

  • Google's Picasa See this tutorial.

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    Picasa --> can capture photos and videos with your webcam.
    – ytk
    Commented Aug 31, 2010 at 10:31
  • You don't need a tutorial. All you need to know is that there is a button in Picasa's toolbar which looks like a webcam with a little arrow. Fifth button to the right of the "Import" button, in my version 3.9.0.
    – Evgeni Sergeev
    Commented Mar 29, 2013 at 4:55
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Microsoft Movie Maker - press the "webcam video" button

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  • Mimimalistic answer, but the Movie Maker should really be able to do that...
    – FiveO
    Commented Jan 16, 2013 at 7:24

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