Would you like to use your camcorder as a webcam? Yes you can use your camcorder as a webcam with software like DV Driver. To use DV Driver you just hook up your camcorder to your PC via a fire wire also known as a IEEE 1394 cable first. Then you install the DV Driver software once the camcorder is hooked up with the fire wire cable.

Once all that is completed then you should be able to use programs like MSN messenger, Yahoo messenger, Skype, etc. that have the ability to use webcams with them. You can check to make sure that Windows installed a driver for your camcorder when you hook it up by going to “Start” then “Control Panel” then “Device Manager”. In device manager your camcorder should be listed some where under “Cameras”.

If you do not have a IEEE 1394 Firewire port on your camcorder, then you can try to use the USB port if available. If you hook up your camcorder to your PC using the USB port on the camera, and with a USB cable to the USB connection on your computer, then windows should automatically detect and install a USB camera driver. Once the driver installs successfully then no other software is required.

Please test it out in Yahoo Messenger, Skype or whatever program you would like to use. The video quality won’t be as good as using a firewire connection, but you will be able to use your camcorder as a webcam.