Webcam Test

Webcam Resolution

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  • Detecting the maximum supported resolution. Please wait...
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  • Could not find a web camera, however there are other media devices (like speakers or microphones). Most likely, this means that your webcam is not working properly or your browser cannot access it.
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  • The video track is paused.
  • Cannot detect any active stream of media content.
  • Your webcam does not output any video tracks.
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  • Video track not available due to technical issue.
  • Your webcam suddenly stopped transmitting video track.
  • For unknown reasons, the video track is disabled.
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  • Detecting if your webcam supports resolution: {{resolution}}
  • A web camera was detected. Press “Check webcam resolution” to find out information about the resolutions supported by your camera.
  • Several web cameras were detected. To find out information about the resolutions supported by your camera, select it from the drop-down list below and press “Check webcam resolution”.
  • Your webcam named “{{name}}” is supposed to be a {{mp}} megapixel camera.
  • As default camera resolution, your browser uses {{primary.html}} ({{primary.mp}}MP).
  • The maximum supported resolution of your camera is {{max.html}} ({{max.mp}}MP).
  • The minimum supported resolution of your camera is {{min.html}} ({{min.mp}}MP).
  • The testing detected that your camera supports {{total}} different resolutions. Please refer to the table below to see the list of all supported resolutions.
  • If you want to increase default resolution, [[click here]].
  • Your browser does not support changing the resolution of the video track.
  • Your browser is downscaling the webcam output. Because of this, it is impossible to determine all resolutions that are natively supported by your camera.
  • Your browser is not able to set up the output of the camera to the specified resolution.


Standard Width × Height Megapixels Status
QQVGA 160×120 0.019 Unknown
QCIF 176×144 0.025 Unknown
QCIF 192×144 0.028 Unknown
HQVGA 240×160 0.038 Unknown
QVGA 320×240 0.077 Unknown
Video CD NTSC 352×240 0.084 Unknown
Video CD PAL 352×288 0.101 Unknown
xCIF 384×288 0.111 Unknown
360p 480×360 0.173 Unknown
nHD 640×360 0.230 Unknown
VGA 640×480 0.307 Unknown
SD 704×480 0.338 Unknown
DVD NTSC 720×480 0.346 Unknown
WGA 800×480 0.384 Unknown
SVGA 800×600 0.480 Unknown
DVCPRO HD 960×720 0.691 Unknown
XGA 1024×768 0.786 Unknown
HD 1280×720 0.922 Unknown
WXGA 1280×800 1.024 Unknown
SXGA− 1280×960 1.229 Unknown
SXGA 1280×1024 1.311 Unknown
UXGA 1600×1200 1.920 Unknown
FHD 1920×1080 2.074 Unknown
QXGA 2048×1536 3.146 Unknown
QSXGA 2560×2048 5.243 Unknown
QUXGA 3200×2400 7.680 Unknown
DCI 4K 4096×2160 8.847 Unknown
HXGA 4096×3072 12.583 Unknown
UW5K 5120×2160 11.059 Unknown
5K 5120×2880 14.746 Unknown
WHXGA 5120×3200 16.384 Unknown
HSXGA 5120×4096 20.972 Unknown
WHSXGA 6400×4096 26.214 Unknown
HUXGA 6400×4800 30.720 Unknown
8K UHD 7680×4320 33.178 Unknown
WHUXGA 7680×4800 36.864 Unknown
UW10K 10240×4320 44.237 Unknown

About the resolution test

The Webcam Resolution Test is a simple and free method to check online, what is the resolution of your webcam. As a result of testing, you will get the complete list of resolutions supported by your camera, as well as some tips, such as maximum resolution, minimum resolution and default resolution.


A nice feature of the resolution test is the possibility to take photos for each supported resolution, thereby you will be able to download them and compare their quality.


By default, it is checked whether your camera supports popular resolution standards. It's fast, but it may not be accurate enough. If you do not want to miss any supported resolutions, enable the brute-force method.


What is the camera resolution

The camera resolution determines the width and height of the captured image. Multiplying these values indicates the total number of pixels (abbreviated as “px”). One million pixels are equal to one megapixel which is abbreviated as MP (sometimes as Mpix, Mpx, or MPixel). Megapixels are often used as a measure of camera quality when the manufacturer indicates the maximum supported value. For example, a FHD webcam has a resolution of 1920×1080 and it can capture up to 2073600 pixels or 2.0736 megapixels, rounded off as 2MP.


Camera resolution and its quality

Even if the resolution is an important property of the camera, this does not mean that the higher the resolution, the better the image quality. By and large, a higher resolution usually provides more accurate details and good sharpness. For example, images taken with a higher resolution camera are better when printing large formats, viewing on big screens, or capturing small objects. But even if you do not need all this, Full HD is definitely much better than VGA.

Feedback

If you like the Webcam Resolution Test or have any ideas and questions, do not hesitate to leave comments. Please note that all comments are publicly available.


116 comments

  1. tito taganga,
    very very well done!
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    1. a$ap Giffy,
      How does it work?! What's the science behind it?
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      1. admin,
        What kind of science!? It runs on pure magic! If you are not afraid to be drawn into it, try to find something about "navigator.mediaDevices".
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        1. Akik Sau,
          Magic is only the art of science shows in a different way.
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        2. Anurag,
          Lol bro, I think he doesn't understand its not magic. The website accesses the camera and then checks different resolution support that's it.
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  2. john wall,
    works fine
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  3. Brian,
    Each test shows "Waiting for your permission..." but there is no place to grant permission.
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    1. admin,
      Could you tell me please which browser and operating system are you using?
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      1. sp,
        same problem, browser is Chrome on windows 10
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  4. jad,
    good and thanks
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  5. nuub guy,
    itz nub site
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  6. Misty June Kincaid,
    A double screen to see both and even three way live call.
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  7. saman,
    who blocked my web
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  8. DHANARAJU,
    GOOD. THANK YOU
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  9. Katie,
    Very helpful before doing on online exam or web-meeting!
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  10. touiop,
    MY WEB IS GOOD UT NOT BASD
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  11. Muthusamy. B,
    Useful site
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  12. Miguel,
    Great tool, easy to find, use and VIRUS/Ad/Malware free.
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  13. sharuk khan,
    so very nice but not hd
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  14. Sunil,
    Camera ushing the flash
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  15. Jacky,
    Good application, I use firefox. Easy, fast and detailed with resolution recognize. Nice
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  16. shubham,
    nice website for checking camera live
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  17. EMMANUEL,
    the picture in my webcam camera is dark and i have try to make it bright but not really work. i need help how to adjust the camera or picture to be bright and good picture from the webcam.
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  18. MAHJOUB,
    THANKS THANKS THANKS!!!!
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  19. pankaj,
    wabcam nahi chal raha hai
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  20. james,
    i turn off my web cam i dont know how to turn it back on could you help me thank you
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  21. arnav,
    worked well howewer the camera disappointed me being on 480p... rip me
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  22. Millicent,
    My web cam is not working please help i need to write exam now
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  23. Epol,
    Pic verry good
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  24. Rudy ,
    none all good
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  25. Micah laryea,
    Paris I don't like it.I have a good idea to get
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  26. Jacquelynn Zuzulock ,
    Thank you very much!!!
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  27. phil swift,
    now thats a lot of damage
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  28. tanguero,
    Works fine on Chrome. On Firefox it just hangs on "Starting your webcam." Permissions to use webcam are set for this site on both browser settings and are persistent. And I selected the correct webcam (there is only 1 to select anyway).
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  29. andrew,
    very well done I will recommend this site to everyone thanks again
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  30. soumik kumar das gupta,
    my webcamera is not working
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  31. hotdog,
    hotdog mickey mouse theme song
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  32. Rote,
    Very Very well done
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  33. W Mark Pierce,
    Great cam and sound
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  34. lisa,
    putt web cam on
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  35. Jim,
    Great webcam test page! First time here and I got results I can understand on first try. Ebay webcam checks out fine as advertised. Thanks
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  36. Harris Morrison,
    Impressed the page can detect and view my camera, the PC I'm using can't see it nor display anything!!
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  37. Haseeb Murtaza,
    very nice online testing
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  38. vignesh,
    not working web camara in my laptop please give me
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  39. Hyder,
    Good feature.
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  40. Rozen Rahman,
    Excelent-Very Very Well Done!
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  41. Datasilo,
    Very good for checking camera resolution for Raspberry Pi using old microsoft webcams.
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  42. Rajaram,
    Superb Page Thanks for the Innovation.
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  43. SHIVPRASAD MHATRE,
    VERY GOOD ... & THANK YOU
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  44. bugarr,
    good workt
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  45. dem,
    good job thanks :)
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  46. Rick Smith,
    Fantastic tool - easy to use and accurate. Well Done!!!
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  47. Jacco,
    page works as intended
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  48. mannix123,
    Thank you, for an excellent test
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  49. Chris,
    Thank you! Very valuable!
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  50. jorge,
    how can change de resolution of my cam from 0.307MP to 0.922MP recommend ? Thank .
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  51. Daniel Rosengarten,
    Excellent website - does exactly what it should do. I have tried this on a raspberry pi after building libuvc and tested various cameras using this site in the chromium browser. Great job!
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  52. Greg,
    This site is perfect, and this page for Resolution was exactly what I needed. I found this through Google while on Live Chat with an agent from HP...and this test found my camera's resolution far FASTER than the HP agent, who was taking way too long to provide a simple answer about their own equipment.
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  53. Nathaneil,
    I keep getting a message that my browser is downscaling the webcam output. Is there a way to fix this?
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    1. admin,
      Unfortunately, this is a trait of Chrome. As far as I know, there is currently no bugfix for this. So, please try to use another browser (for example, Firefox works like a charm).
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  54. Sam,
    I have this error message 'OverconstrainedErrornullnull; Object' when I tested with Chrome, but it worked fine when I used Safari. Why is that?
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    1. admin,
      Recent versions of Chrome don't allow webpages to detect media devices' identifiers. Not sure if it is a bug or a feature, but for sure it broke a lot of things. Anyway, I released a workaround and now everything should work properly. Please feel free to test it and let me know if you have any questions.
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  55. Gnanasekar,
    Very nice software. Thanks a lot.
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  56. John Adams,
    Very nice. I just now wich I could figure out what camera to buy to replace this piece.
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  57. Fadjar Djulizar,
    I like this page. i give me all the info I need about my web cam
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  58. PinkLady,
    I don't understand the results but ok
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  59. David Greenstein,
    The resolution test says that my camera supports 160x120 with .019 megapixels. The view that I experience with the camera is very poor. Is this a limitation of the camera or some other problem?
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  60. James L. Turpin,
    Can't find driver for Creative WebCam Live Pro. Using UBS port!
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  61. mader,
    incredible webcam
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  62. Graham Keen,
    Please check resolution
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  63. Mario,
    GREAT JOB!
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  64. Rich Keene,
    I am using a Dell XPS 13 with windows 10 with chrome browser. I get a "The video track is paused" when doing web test. What is the fix?
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  65. bruce,
    sometimes always dispaly "waiting for your permission..."even though without the testing device connected.
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  66. Zany,
    How do I get my camera to work on my desktop as I am having problems using it hence the reason for this test should I change my display resolution thanks
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  67. angela,
    i'm in but the screen is black, it says it's to dark but my lights are on bright
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  68. JAMARC PEARCE,
    This camera has been put to the test and its worked great.
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  69. Taiwo,
    my system webcam is not function
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  70. cawi17,
    I would suggest if webcamtests.com will allow users to save their list of supported reso in a .txt file including all other relevant details.
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  71. JuniorM,
    This is a great Wegsite!!!!!
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  72. debbie,
    it worked a few minutes ago, but now says waiting for permission and I can't see where to give permission.
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  73. GlenO,
    Lovely web site, answers just about every question I had on webcams! Thanks for the effort putting it together.
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  74. pawan kumar,
    resolution did not help me to solve my issues
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  75. Priyanka,
    my webcam is not working now,this site says webcam has being used or blocked by another application .but I dont know by which application it is blocked how to find that ?
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  76. Prasad,
    It ran for about 15 minutes and showed that it supported nHD and FHD. After that no other options got displayed. Windows 7 with Chrome. Thank you
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  77. jay csatillo,
    iam using an action camera that runs 20mp and 4k full HD. when connected to my pc, running your test, it only says FHD (2.074mp). can you help me how to get the full image resolution?
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  78. londyn,
    i love this so much
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  79. Naveen ,
    taking so much time
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  80. gary,
    this site was awesome
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  81. Ken B,
    thank you for this webpage. Very helpful.
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  82. Nigel,
    The service is really good. Didn't encounter any errors. Had really accurate results.
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  83. sasi,
    ok got it go super super
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  84. Khawaja Asif,
    A very helpful website. Keep it up.
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  85. sathishkumar,
    very good
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  86. MANMATH SAHOO,
    The maximum supported resolution of your camera is 640×480 (0.307MP). As default camera resolution, your browser uses 640×480 (0.307MP) is it support for examination ?
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  87. Joe Blasingame,
    This was a very well designed & to-the-point site which made my effort, a lot less painful. Big time thank you!
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  88. abhimanyu,
    not give solution
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  89. sathish,
    very good
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  90. Gil,
    Thanks so much!!!! <3
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  91. juan,
    I wanna know if i can do something with a chinese supposedly full hs 1080p cam.i can only use 640x480. "Your browser is downscaling the webcam output. Because of this, it is impossible to determine all resolutions that are natively supported by your camera."
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  92. MG Chandrakanth,
    still photo is of average resolution
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  93. VINCI ,
    Hello, how can I change my default camera resolution. I have 4096x2160 but my Default camera resolution, my browser uses was 640x480 only. When I tried skype, omegle, ome tv, google meet etc.. only 640x480. Please help
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  94. aayushi rathore,
    how can i check my camera will be work in AI based proctored exams.
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  95. Preecha T,
    Very easy.
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  96. Pr Nnanga,
    i'm waiting
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  97. BADDAM JEEVAN REDDY,
    there is some lengths only
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  98. bhuvana,
    no comments
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  99. Apurvi Gupta,
    various standards are not supported by the reolution detector
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  100. MELVIN T REJI,
    You guys are just awesome and FANTASTICALLY CREATIVE. THANKS MAN
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  101. JL,
    Just what I needed; thanks for the helpful website!
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  102. hp webcame101,
    my webcame not working window 8
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  103. Vinay Kumar,
    It's camera is awesome
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  104. Ram,
    waiting for permission is what?
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  105. dlsjbc,
    Great testing options for a web cam.. Thanks for this guys
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  106. devvvvvvvvv,
    v.good excellent
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  107. ananomous,
    chutya webcam
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  108. kishna,
    VERY NICE WORK
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