# Is it possible to save webcam videos from Yahoo! IM?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-webcam-videos-from-yahoo-im/509075 "2009-09-06T18:40:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-webcam-videos-from-yahoo-im/509075/1 "2009-09-06T18:40:17Z")

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My friend will sometimes put her baby on the webcam and show me her attempts to crawl. Is there a way I can save these? We’re using Yahoo IM.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-webcam-videos-from-yahoo-im/509075/2 "2009-09-06T18:45:12Z")

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Why can’t they merely zip the videos and send them to you in Yahoo mail?

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-webcam-videos-from-yahoo-im/509075/3 "2009-09-06T18:47:58Z")

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I doubt she knows how to do that. That’s why I thought I’d save some on my end. We have some short ones from cell phone videos, but I thought it would be nice to get some of the longer ones. The baby will get so close to crawling, but then she flops over.

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-webcam-videos-from-yahoo-im/509075/4 "2009-09-07T00:55:33Z")

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I believe you can use some sort of generic screen-capturing software like [HyperCam](http://www.hyperionics.com/hc/) (shareware) or perhaps [CamStudio](http://camstudio.org/) (free, open-source, never used it).

There might also be similar programs tailored for Yahoo! specifically if you google around a bit.