How do you set a webcam to record?

I have set my web-camera on the top of my monitor. How ELSE / different placing could I set my webcam so it will provide a video-feed of me while I use SKYPE.Com? %Does a specific angle-of-view usually work better / best for certain situations / settings...

I bought a new one and I can take regular pictures, when I use internet explorer it says I need to download a flash player, I tried this but downloading the flash player doesn't work on a 64 bit operating system, when I use firefox only the top part...

I have a webcam (Built in at the top of my laptop) and when I try to record myself from Youtube, it says, "No webcam detected." How do I set my webcam up so that it will let me record from Youtube?

I just got a new laptop it is a dell inspiron it has a webcam that is built in but I cannont figure out to set it up so I can record videos and save them to my computer the sound is also nt set up. If you know how I set this up please tell me. (=

What is the easiest, cheapest, most effective way for me to set up a single motion-triggered surveillance camera at home to verify whether I have a creepy situation going on while I'm gone? If triggered, I want it to alert me remotely, stream video for...

I have a neighbor that has threatened to damage my car. Ive set up a Logitech Quick Cam Webcam to record day and night. I have removed the lens inside the webcam so I can record at night but the picture is not very good. In the daytime with sunlight...

My videos that I record with my webcam are gigantic in size. A 6 minute video comes out to be about 6 gbs. How can I fix this? It is a Dell PC with a built in webcam. Windows Vista. Monitor Webcam SP2208WFP. Dell Webcam Center Version 2.02.07. Video...

I was sending a voice recording to my friend on msn, but I looked quite tired and messy as it was morning. Through the set-up, I clicked 'disable' because I thought it would send my friend a video of me looking like that, it's now disabled completely...

I have a logitech webcam that I used to run on my old pc with windows xp. I have just connected it to my new pc and had to update my drivers to get it to work via windows vista. The webcam is working as I can see myself on quickcam (where you can record...