Webcam capture resolution

GGRussell

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Apr 05, 2017 16:48

My new laptop has a webcam that can do 1080p. But when I go to Capture , it defaults to the DVD HQ profile. If I click on the capture Profile button, the only options I have is DVD and AVI. Neither of those choices allow 1080p.

Can we create a custom capture profile like we can with Produce Profiles?

FYI, the built-in Win10 Camera app does capture at 1080p with it.

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ynotfish

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Apr 05, 2017 17:30

Hi Gary -

Does this post help?

Cheers - Tony
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GGRussell

Senior Contributor Joined: Jan 08, 2012 11:38 Messages: 709 Offline

Apr 05, 2017 18:10

Quote Hi Gary -

Does this post help?

Cheers - Tony

Thanks, I'll try that out and see if it works with PD15.

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edit: No didn't work. Comparng the files, appears the .dll included with PD15 is the new one anyway. Kind of wanted to try the PD15 capture because it has more options than the Win10 built in capture. It also capture MPEG2 while the Win10 app captures to MP4.

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PepsiMan

Senior Contributor Location: Clarksville, TN Joined: Dec 29, 2010 01:20 Messages: 1054 Offline

Apr 05, 2017 18:39

Quote ...
Can we create a custom capture profile like we can with Produce Profiles?

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maybe this is what you wanted...

good thing you can capture in MP4 but i don't know about PD15.

PD10 captures in MPEG2 so captured videos are interlaced.

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Filename	Webcam Fhd-1.mp4	Download
Description	custom profiles for webcam capture w PD10
Filesize	19293 Kbytes
Downloaded:	264 time(s)

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GGRussell

Senior Contributor Joined: Jan 08, 2012 11:38 Messages: 709 Offline

Apr 05, 2017 20:40

Quote
maybe this is what you wanted...

Thanks, Don't know how I over looked that. LOL What I find odd, there is an option for Progressive capture, but it just refuses to work. If I change it to 1280x720, it defaults to progressive and the option is greyed out. If the option is there for 1980x1080, then I should be able to use it.

The Win10 Camera app only captures in progressive. I wanted to use PD15 because it has the webcam advanced settings (brightness, contrast, hue, satruation, etc.). The Win10 Camera app was built with Win phones in mind. No frills Intel i7 4770k, 16GB, GTX1060 3GB, Two 240GB SSD, 4TB HD, Sony HDR-TD20V 3D camcorder, Sony SLT-A65VK for still images, Windows 10 Pro, 64bit
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