Vile web cam!

[Tyrael]

Stupid web cam works but won't save pics in a veiwable format by any of my pic veiwing programs.

Stupid device...where's my sledgehammer.

It'll save pics in a DIB format...and if I try to use Photoshop to change it.....it won't even show up on the list if I try to open it.

Oy...help!

 

[Carl East]

Stupid web cam works but won't save pics in a veiwable format by any of my pic veiwing programs.

Stupid device...where's my sledgehammer.

It'll save pics in a DIB format...and if I try to use Photoshop to change it.....it won't even show up on the list if I try to open it.

Oy...help!

Can't help I'm affraid, I just about got mine to work as well, god I wish I was more technically minded, sorry.

Carl

 

[Wiggles]

What kind of cam do you have Tyrael?

Did it always do that?

 

[Guru]

 

[Weird Harold]

It'll save pics in a DIB format...and if I try to use Photoshop to change it.....it won't even show up on the list if I try to open it

www.irfanview.com for IrFanview

Or www.jasc.com for a trial version of Paintshop Pro.

Both have batch conversion functions that can covert whole directories of DIB format pics to JPG's BMP's, TIF's or any other of about 100 different picture formats. The only format thesetwo progrms can't write to is Kodak's proprietary PCD format although both can read it.

 

[Tyrael]

I've tried saving the pics as jpg, gif....everything.

I got PSP and photoshop (Adobe) and neither of them will even acknowledge the file is on the hard drive.

Wiggles: it's a D-Link DSB-C300 UBS PC Camera.

I'm gonna try to get it to work tomorrow sometime....if the punch I gave it earlier didn't break it.

 

[koalabear]

Stupid web cam works but won't save pics in a veiwable format by any of my pic veiwing programs.

Stupid device...where's my sledgehammer.

It'll save pics in a DIB format...and if I try to use Photoshop to change it.....it won't even show up on the list if I try to open it.

Oy...help!

Go to paint program rename them jpeg and walla!

 

[DevilBoy79]

how are you saving them ? that might be the problem, i have no problems with my webcam taking pics

 

[Tyrael]

Umm no.

You see when I opne the paint program to find the file...it doesn't appear on the list of filenames.

Can't open it to change the format.

 

[koalabear]

Umm no.

You see when I opne the paint program to find the file...it doesn't appear on the list of filenames.

Can't open it to change the format.

Hmm.....my web cam lets me choose format, never have seen one that didn't, or if it didn't it saved to gif or jpeg.

 

[Tyrael]

Hmm the only format mine is allowing is dib.

Piece of shit web cam.

 

[koalabear]

Hmm the only format mine is allowing is dib.

Piece of shit web cam.

LOL...did you click it to display all picture files?

 

[Tyrael]

Yes.....I think it's just a POS.

 

[koalabear]

Yes.....I think it's just a POS.

Wellllll....if you have a cat, get a 16 ounce framing hammer, hit the cam repeatedly and tell you insurance company the cat did it.

 

[Tyrael]

Wellllll....if you have a cat, get a 16 ounce framing hammer, hit the cam repeatedly and tell you insurance company the cat did it.

Will it work for damage done by my dog too?

 

[koalabear]

Sure, tell them he thought it was a tree and shorted it out!

 

[Velius]

Stupid web cam works but won't save pics in a veiwable format by any of my pic veiwing programs.

Stupid device...where's my sledgehammer.

It'll save pics in a DIB format...and if I try to use Photoshop to change it.....it won't even show up on the list if I try to open it.

Oy...help!

Go into photoshop and click open, type in the file name box "*.*" (without the quotes) and hit enter. You should be able to see the file you want. I don't know if photoshop will open it though.

 

[Weird Harold]

I got PSP ...

PaintShop Pro V6.01 will read and edit "Window/OS2 Bitmap (*.DIB)" files and can be associated withthat file type so all you have to do is double click the file to open it.

Question: Is the Webcam program saving the picture without a file extension? If there is no file extension, most programs will not know that it's a "common graphics file" or be able to use the file association to know which program to open it with.

 

[Tyrael]

I did a little test....it is saving files without extensions.

I added .jpg and .gif but when I went to open them it gave me errors.

 

[penguindance]

 

[Weird Harold]

I did a little test....it is saving files without extensions.

I added .jpg and .gif but when I went to open them it gave me errors.

Save the picture as a .DIB -- with the extension.

Open it with PaintShop Pro

Save it as a JPG.

Problem solved -- especially if you go to file/preferences/file associations and make sure that PSP is associated with *.DIB files so all youhave to do is double click them.