How to find out the resolution of a laptop camera
Take snapshots at supported resolutions (useful for comparing quality) Detect non-standard resolutions by iterating over (up to [[2048]] pixels) Check camera resolution
| 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 |
Webcam test
A service with a self-explanatory name that allows you to check a WEB-camera on a laptop online. Go to the webcamtests.com page, wait for the device to be detected (you will be notified of this), click the “Test camera” button and grant the application access to the camera. In this case, in the window of the player, you will have to see what the camera sees. Additionally, the service supports the definition of camera resolution, the number of megapixels, stream type, luminance and brightness values, picture aspect ratio, bit rate and many other parameters.
WebCamTest
A simple service that allows you to check the correct operation of the WEB-camera and microphone. To check, go to the webcamtest.ru page, turn on Adobe Flash by clicking in the player window and grant the service access to your webcam and microphone. After that, an image should appear in the player window.
If there is no picture, make sure that the flash player is configured correctly, for which open its menu by right-clicking, select “Parameters”, in the window that appears, click on the camera icon and specify your video device in the drop-down list. If the picture does not appear after that, then there is a possibility that you have some trouble with the camera itself or the drivers.
Portable programs
How to find out if the camera is working properly if there is no Internet or for some reason it is impossible to enter the video chat? In this case, you can download a portable version of the program that is used to work with a video camera.
Attention! Portable version can be run from a flash drive without copying to the laptop’s hard drive. This greatly facilitates checking and does not clog the RAM.
All the required applications can be easily found on the Internet and downloaded to a USB flash drive for free. This software includes many products, for example: Ava Cam, CyberLink You Cam, Webcam Max and some others. It is not difficult to download the necessary program and run it, therefore this option for checking the operability of the video device does not require special knowledge in this area.
Software check
To check the drivers, you need to follow these steps:
- Open “Start”, then enter the “Control Manager” menu, find “Device Panel”.
- Now in the list of installed equipment you need to find “Equipment for image processing” and open this link by clicking on the arrow.
- Click on the video device, find “Properties”.
- In the new window that appears, find the item “General”, in the menu “Equipment status” must indicate the status of the camera “Equipment is working normally”. If this message does not appear, then you need to go to the “Driver” tab.
- In this menu, you can update existing drivers or install new ones.
Attention! Various applications can be used to find, update, and install drivers. The most popular is the Driver PackSolution program. The main advantage is that this software is completely free.
Checking the camera on a laptop: ways
Any laptop you just bought has a camera, that is, you do not need to perform any settings. The camcorder does not require activation, since the manufacturer has taken care of the availability of the necessary drivers.
Including any application that uses a video camera, this device automatically starts. This is indicated by a flashing diode located near the camera. You can find out whether the device is working in various ways.
Checking by means of Windows
First, you need to make sure that the camera is detected and does not have any restrictions on the part of Windows 7/10. Therefore, first of all, we go to the Device Manager, look for and expand the item “Devices for image processing”, find the camera there and double-click on it. In the properties window, the status field should say “The device is working normally”, if the camera is disabled, the recording will be appropriate.
How to find megapixels of your webcam
If you see an error message, the camera is marked with a yellow icon in the device list, or is missing altogether (there is some unrecognized device), most likely you have a driver problem. Use DriverPack Solution or a similar tool to find, install and update drivers, or you can download the camera driver from the manufacturer’s website.
If everything is in order with the definition of the video device, we proceed to the next stage. checking the broadcast picture. First, let’s see how to test the camera on a laptop with Windows 10 and 8.1. Both of these versions come with a built-in, versatile Camera application capable of capturing photos and videos. Find it via search or start menu and run.
As soon as you do this, the picture transmitted by the webcam will appear in the application window. In Windows 10, you can also launch the Camera application using the Scanners and Cameras Control Panel applet, but only if it is present in it.
How to Fix Camera and Webcam Problems in Windows 7. Two Simple Methods
But with the “seven” everything is a little more complicated, because it does not have a standard tool for working with a video device. If you are looking for a way to check the camera on a Windows 7 laptop, then see below.
About checking camera resolution
Webcam Resolution Checker is an easy and free way to check online what the resolution of your webcam is. As a result of testing, you will receive a complete list of resolutions supported by your camera, as well as some hints such as maximum resolution, minimum resolution and default resolution.
By default, only checked if your camera supports popular resolution standards. It’s fast, but may not be accurate enough. If you don’t want to miss any supported permissions, enable the brute-force method.
What is camera resolution
The camera resolution determines the width and height of the captured image. The multiplication of these values indicates the total number of pixels (abbreviated “px”). One million pixels equals one megapixel (abbreviated as Mp, sometimes as Mpix, Mpx or MPixel). Megapixels are often used as a measure of camera quality when the manufacturer specifies the maximum supported value. For example, an FHD camera has a resolution of 1920 × 1080 and can capture up to 2073600 pixels or 2.0736 megapixels, rounded as 2MP.
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Camera resolution and quality
Even though resolution is an important property of a camera, this does not mean that the higher the resolution, the better the image quality. Generally speaking, a higher resolution usually provides more accurate detail and better sharpness. For example, images captured with a higher resolution camera are better for large format printing, viewing on large screens, or capturing small objects. But even if you don’t need it all, Full HD is definitely much better than VGA.
Webcam test
- Discovery of media devices. Wait, please.
- Waiting for your permission.
- Launching the camera. Wait, please.
- Detecting the maximum supported resolution. Wait, please.
- For more information, visit the following pages:
- Changing the camera will reset the current process. Do you want to continue?
- An unexpected error has occurred. Reload the page and try again.
- Failed to find multimedia devices. It is very likely that your browser does not allow access to these devices. Try reloading this page or opening it with a different browser. Just remember that in order to test the camera you need to allow our website to access it.
- The camera could not be found, but other multimedia devices (such as speakers or microphones) were found. This most likely means that your camera is not working properly.
- Your browser does not support functions for accessing multimedia devices. Please update your browser or install another.
- You have not allowed the browser to use the camera. Reload the page and try again.
- Your camera appears to be being used or blocked by another app. To start the camera, you must temporarily close that application.
- It looks like your browser is blocking access to webcam IDs. Because of this, it is impossible to detect and manage all available webcams.
- The waiting period for your permission has expired. Reload the page and try again.
- Unable to transfer video. The cause may be a faulty camera or that it is currently being used by another application.
- Video track is paused.
- Could not find any active media content stream.
- Your webcam is not displaying any video tracks.
- Your browser does not support functions for accessing video tracks.
- Video track unavailable due to technical issue.
- Your webcam has suddenly stopped transmitting a video track.
- For unknown reasons, the video track is disabled.
- Click here to allow access to webcam IDs
- Click here to try and force the camera to start
- Detecting if your webcam supports the resolution:
- A webcam has been detected. Click “Check Camera Resolution” for information on the resolutions supported by your camera.
- Several webcams have been found. To find out information about the resolutions supported by your camera, select it in the drop-down list below and click “Check Camera Resolution”.
- Your webcam named “” must be a megapixel camera.
- As the default camera resolution, your browser uses (Mp).
- Maximum supported resolution of your camera: (Mp).
- Minimum supported resolution of your camera: (Mp).
- Testing has shown that your camera supports different resolutions. Please see the table below for a list of all supported resolutions.
- If you want to increase the default resolution, [[click here]].
- Your browser does not support changing the resolution of the video track.
- Your browser zooms out the webcam output. Because of this, it is impossible to determine all the resolutions that are natively supported by your camera.
- Your browser is unable to adjust the camera output to the specified resolution.
Take snapshots at supported resolutions (useful for comparing quality) Detect non-standard resolutions by iterating over (up to [[2048]] pixels) Check camera resolution
Random Acknowledgments
Thank you! We tested it very quickly. It’s great that there are such programs. Helena
Thank! Your instruction helped. For the first time on Vin 10 I encountered such a problem, before everything seemed to work right away. Person