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A webcam is a video camera that sends its video data to a computer in real time, as opposed to recording it first.

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Webcam raw format

VLC uses the Microsoft DirectShow framework to get video from Webcams and other video capture devices. In the Windows Platform SDK there is a nice tool to help debug DirectShow "filters" called Graph …
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How can I view my webcam in vista?

Since it looks like the functionality you are expecting is not available in Windows Vista, you can use VLC to open the camera as a "Capture Device" and then take snapshots using VLC. The VLC FAQ expla …
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Intranet video-streaming

In VLC you can set it up to take your Webcam video, or any DirectShow compatible device, and encode it and multicast it on your entire LAN. …
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How to port forward a webcam server through two routers?

These settings need to change: [Network Setup] Local IP: 192.168.2.1 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.2.1 Local DNS: 192.168.1.1 (DHCP disabled) Webcam server: IP Address: 192.168.2.17 Port: 8081 …
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