# Internet Camera Help.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-camera-help/82072>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 17, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-camera-help/82072 "2001-09-17T03:01:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![UniversalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8491ac/32.png) [@UniversalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UniversalGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-camera-help/82072/1 "2001-09-17T03:01:45Z")

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I just got a new computer and got an Intel Camera with it. Now, this thing is detachable to use as a regular snapshot camera, digital, or to make a 14 second video or to make an Internet video call with.

It makes the Internet call to a specific spot, owned by the company who made the camera. Do I need additional software to use it for a live cam to view people with or to let people view me? I do not keep a website, never having needed one nor having the desire to maintain one and I do not keep my computer on all of the time, having only one phone line.

I figured someone here would know.

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**Author:** ![Mac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-camera-help/82072/2 "2001-09-17T03:08:27Z")

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Try Yahoo Messenger. I use it to video chat with my daughter in Japan at least twice a week. [http://messenger.yahoo.com/](http://messenger.yahoo.com/)

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-camera-help/82072/3 "2001-09-17T15:29:09Z")

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try [truetech.com](http://truetech.com) I use them, free website, free software, automatic setup of it all for you, free chat room, etc. beautiful idea & I use it with all my computers.

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**Author:** ![UniversalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8491ac/32.png) [@UniversalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UniversalGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-camera-help/82072/4 "2001-09-18T17:37:33Z")

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Well, thanks for the information. I might actually figure this thing out one of these days – not that they cover much in the instructions.