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A webcam in simple is a digital camera that is attached to the computer with the help of USB port. This camera captures images which can be accessed and also transmitted through internet. The webcam images are generally used for instant messaging, video security purpose and video conferencing. Webcam is basically a small camera that has low resolution to just capture image in MPEG or JEPG format and then load them not the web server through Hypertext transfer protocol or file transfer protocol. This webcam is widely used to make web communications more personalised, but most commonly they are used during instant messaging and even for real time chatting. Using them during video conferencing with other business colleagues, customers and clients is also common. Webcams can also be use to send video emails and in addition to this you can also use it for vide security with the help of a software that will let them to be connected to your computer and will also record and send current movements.

Today there are different types of webcams available which range from simple webcams to even the most complex webcams. In order to understand how these webcams work you will basically have to see how a basic webcam works. A simple computer webcam will generally comprise of a digital camera which is connected to the computer through a USB port. Although it a digital camera it is just a camera which captures digital images and it will become a webcam when you have the software which controls it on your computer. Through this software you can set the required rate at which frames are to be captured from the camera and transmitted to the other viewer. This is called as frame rate which means the rate at which frames are captured and being transferred to the viewer in one second. If you need to transmit streaming video then the frame rate should be set to at least 15 frames every seconds. However a 30 frames per second rate will be a perfect configuration to transmit streaming videos.

When the frame is captured the webcam software generally broadcasts the image through the internet and these images can be again broadcasted through different methods. The simplest method among these is where the webcam software changes the capture images to JPEG format and loads them to the web server through file transfer protocol.

Therefore, if you have a webcam in your computer then you should know that the webcam drivers play the main role in the entire process of web cam communication. When you have updated webcam drivers it will help in enhancing the performance of your webcam so that you can set the webcam to 30 frames per second. Updates for your webcam can be easily found on the internet. However the easiest method is to find out the manufacturer of your webcam and visit their official website to look for updates. Installing these webcam updates will help in repairing all the known webcam drivers problems thereby improving your webcam performance.

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Last updated on April 25th (Wednesday)