Help with Webcam on Monitor


joedavland

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Looking for some advice - situation is...

Using an HDMI lead, I can get my laptop displaying on the wall-mounted larger monitor at work. I want to carry out video conferences from my laptop via the larger monitor but without using the laptop's built-in camera.

What is the best way of doing this? Do I need a separate web cam plugged into the large monitor? Presumably I need to disable the laptop's camera?

Helpful advice sort as can't work it out in my head!

Cheers.
 

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Just a question as I don't often use the computer's camera nor a second monitor. You do need a camera as most TVs don't have one. I'd assume you want to see the big screen but not the one on the Notebook/Laptop so there usually is an Fn + another Fx key that toggles between the display panel, an external monitor or both at the same time. It is possible to disable an onboard Camera and obtain an external USB camera for better positioning. I have worked on a couple of Notebooks for clients where one was dropped and the other damaged by a lighting storm and connected their HDMI port to a 27" monitor [has VGA, DVI, DP and HDMI ports] but didn't need sound to get their files.
 

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    Win11 Pro RTM
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    Dell Vostro 3400
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 11th Gen. 2.40GHz
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    12GB
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD NVMe
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    Windows 11 Pro RTM x64
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    PC/Desktop
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    Dell Vostro 5890
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 10th Gen. 2.90GHz
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Onboard, no VGA, using a DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter
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    24" Dell
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Thanks for the reply. So as an example, with the HDMI lead from laptop to the big screen, I could join a video call and what would be displaying on the big screen would be what my laptop camera is showing, right? So I basically need to bypass the laptop camera and set up a camera on the big screen - maybe a stupid question but can that be connected via bluetooth? Just wondering how to get the laptop to recognise the external big screen camera.
 

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  • OS
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What you can do is limited by the resources in the TV or large screen monitor. A monitor attaches to a computer will the TV needs different cabling or adapter, can't say about that. The largest monitor I have is a 27" given me by a lady who didn't want to move more that 1500 miles away.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win11 Pro RTM
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Vostro 3400
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 11th Gen. 2.40GHz
    Memory
    12GB
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD NVMe
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro RTM x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Vostro 5890
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 10th Gen. 2.90GHz
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Onboard, no VGA, using a DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter
    Monitor(s) Displays
    24" Dell
    Hard Drives
    512GB SSD NVMe, 2TB WDC HDD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender/Microsoft Security
I don't see why you couldn't just plug in the camera you want to use and select it as the source in the program you are using.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Canary Channel
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    PowerSpec B746
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-10700K
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax
    Memory
    16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI
    Sound Card
    Realtek Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SAM0A87 Samsung SAM0D32
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    NVMe WDC WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 1TB
    Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
    PSU
    750 Watts (62.5A)
    Case
    PowerSpec/Lian Li ATX 205
    Keyboard
    Logitech K270
    Mouse
    Logitech M185
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge and Firefox
    Antivirus
    ESET Internet Security
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Canary Channel
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    PowerSpec G156
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz
    Motherboard
    AsusTeK Prime B360M-S
    Memory
    16 MB DDR 4-2666
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" Speptre HDMI 75Hz
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVMe
    Mouse
    Logitek M185
    Keyboard
    Logitek K270
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge and Edge Canary
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender

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