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1: Installing the Manaccom WebCam Drivers and Capturing Video Files

Step 1:  SETTING UP THE SOFTWARE DRIVERS FOR THE USB WEBCAM

(Model: VC 2P)

• Please insert the USB Webcam CD into your cd-rom drive.
   (Missing your CD?  See here.)
• Select Install PC Camera Driver

• Select the appropriate language and click OK.
• The InstallShield wizard will appear, click on the Next button.
• Enter in your Username, Organization and select who to install this application for.
• Select the Setup Type (We recommend a Complete install) and press the Next button.
• Click on the Install button to start the installation for the USB Webcam drivers.
• When the InstallShield Wizard Completed screen appears, click on Finish.

• If you want to install the Direct X Software (assuming you don't already have it) please click on the Install Direct X Program Button.

• Plug the connection for the USB Webcam into a USB port on your computer.  Windows will find the Hardware and ask to install the appropriate Windows drivers for it.
• Select Install the software automatically and click on the Next button.

• If you happen to get a message claiming that the application has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP, click on the Continue Anyway button.
• Windows will finish installing the drivers. Click on Finish.

Step 2:  STARTING AND SETTING UP THE USB WEBCAM SOFTWARE

• Start the USB Webcam software AV301P and click on AV301P WDM Capture.  This will start the software.


Please make sure that the Title bar of this program you start says AMCAP.
• Click on Devices, make sure that you have ticks next to AV301P and USB Camera.


• Click on File and Set Capture File.

• (below) Select the Drive you wish to Save to.
• Type the Name of the File you wish to use as your main Webcam Video Template.  ***Make sure you include the file extension .AVI***
• Click on the Open button.


• Set the Capture Webcam Video Template file size *In Megabytes*.
• Click on OK.
• Click on Options and make sure you have a tick beside the word Preview.


• Click on Capture, Master Stream and make sure you have a tick beside the word Video.

Step 3:  CAPTURING AN .AVI VIDEO FILE


• Click on Capture and Start Capture.
• Click on the OK button when you are ready to start capturing the video and audio file through your Webcam.

• Once you have finished capturing with the USB Webcam, click on the Capture button and select Stop Capture.
• Click on File and Save Captured Video as...

• (below) Select the Drive you wish to save to and the file name you wish to saved your Captured Video as ***Make sure you include the file extension .AVI***, and click on the Open button.

• This will save the AVI Video file to the location you specify on your hard drive.  You can navigate to this file using Windows Explorer and double-click on the file to view it (assuming you have appropriate video viewing software on your machine capable of viewing AVI files).

 

2: USB WebCam Driver
(Model: VC 2P)
If you have this WebCam, you may have inadvertently thrown away the packaging, which contains the mini-CD sandwiched between 2 layers of cardboard, and not immediately visible.

If you have done this, or simply lost the driver CD, download
Windows Vista Drivers: Download here (5.21Mb). 
Windows XP Drivers: Download here (4.15Mb).

If you save this file to your Desktop it will unpack into a folder named 'USB WebCam Drivers' in  c:\temp\webcam.  After opening the folder and running the Setup.exe file to install the drivers.