# Possible To Program A Webcam To Record At A Certain Time? HP Laptop, Windows 10

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 7, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-program-a-webcam-to-record-at-a-certain-time-hp-laptop-windows-10/793004 "2017-08-07T15:47:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-program-a-webcam-to-record-at-a-certain-time-hp-laptop-windows-10/793004/1 "2017-08-07T15:47:58Z")

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I’m going to be out of town for the Eclipse, but I’d like to have some visual record of what it looks like from my front yard (99.98% totality vs. 100% where I’m going to be). Is there a way to program my webcam to start recording at, say, 11:48 (C1) and record until whenever?

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Morgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@Captain\_Morgan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Morgan)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-program-a-webcam-to-record-at-a-certain-time-hp-laptop-windows-10/793004/2 "2017-08-07T20:02:33Z")

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yeah, they’re are quite few programs that let you schedule a time to record. [Ispy is open source and free.](http://www.ispyconnect.com/download.aspx)

You could also use Teamviewer to remotely log into your computer from your smartphone or computer to manually turn on the camera.