Etamcap

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Purchased an Opticstar PL131 M coolair for use as Planetary/guide cam.
loaded all onto my 2yr old HP Pavilion Laptop (Win7 64bit 8GB Ram), everything shows as ok, ie, all software 'sees' the camera, device manager says all working, but it doesnt work properly. Removing/replacing the cap over the sensor gives either a flat white or black 'preview' screen, and it takes about a minute to register the change!!
emailed George at Opticstar, he suggested trying it on different computer to eliminate any problem with the camera (D'oh). So, loaded onto my 7yr old unbranded Pentium desktop running XP home, BINGO, first time, remove cap, screen instantly turns white and then calms down to grey'ish' horizontal banding, presumable as the cam tries to auto adjust gain, exposure etc. So, then tried install on a friends 2yr old Toshiba laptop, win7 64bit 4GB Ram, BINGO, first time, same as my knackered old desktop.
I've tried disabling the built-in webcam, enabling background services and a USB2.0 repeater cable that George at Opticstar sent out to me, all to no avail. Etamcap (software that comes with it) was also showing 'VDP source' in the devices drop down, so did a little lookup and this seems to be something to do with video streaming via bluetooth, so disabled the bluetooth just in case, but no!!
I'm at the point now where im considering getting my hands on an old laptop that it will work on and just use this for astro use outside (which might not be a bad idea anyway) unless anyone has any ideas??
All input welcomed with open arms
thanks in advance
Rick

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AMCap is a webcam video capture program which records what your webcam sees and saves it directly to your hard drive.

Support both AVI and MPEG video saving, AMCap makes recording webcam videos so easy. Some additional features include applying special effects (like alpha-blending, transparency, overlays) and can take still screenshot images on the fly.

Newer features include DV camcorder and TV tuner support, better compression, zooming and full-screen support.

Overall, this is a very simple video capturing tool and doesn't feature very many advanced functions. It doesn't really work as a viable surveillance tool because video files take up so much space without much needed compression. It also does not take automatic screenshots, which was a let down.

With that said, if you do just want a simple utility to record from your webcam, AMCap might be what you're looking for.

AMCap is software which can capture webcam streams.

Features and highlights

• DV camcorder playback and recording
• Improved MPEG-2 playback and recording
• Improved analog TV tuner support
• Manual still capture to files (.bmp, .jpg or .png) or to the clipboard
• Automatic (periodic) still capture
• Optional real-time compression (Windows Media Video 9 or any installed CODECs)
• Optionally audio capture from the video source or any alternate audio sources

AMCap 9.23 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs

This download is licensed as shareware for the Windows operating system from video capture software and can be used as a free trial until the trial period ends (after an unspecified number of days). The AMCap Webcam Capture 9.23 demo is available to all software users as a free download with potential restrictions and is not necessarily the full version of this software.Filed under:

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