Why is my camera better in Skype than in ManyCam?

Darren_Burr · December 2, 2019, 9:03pm

I have the same camera settings in both ManyCam and Skype. In Skype my picture is perfect, in ManyCam it is grainy. I am using a Dell Inspiron 3780, and seem unable to locate any way to alter the camera settings at source, only through Skype and ManyCam.

Incidentally, the camera is auto adjusting the brightness of the picture. Constantly. Not fast enough to be called a strobe but still really annoying.

Anyone have any advice on these two issues?

Mikhail · December 5, 2019, 4:49am

Hey @Darren_Burr,

Can you post a video or a few screenshots to illustrate the quality issue? What video settings are you using in ManyCam?

Regarding the camera settings, you can access and adjust them as shown here.

Darren_Burr · December 7, 2019, 10:16am

Here is my Skype Camera picture:

And here is my ManyCam picture.

Now here are my ManyCam settings: Camera%20Settings%20Manycam

And here are my Skype camera settings Camera%20Settings%20Skype

You can also see the quality of the laptop camera on my YouTube channel, for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9ph1mQDhsA The laptop camera is the one on my face (the cards are through the phone).

So, Skype provides consistently better video than recording video through ManyCam, better resolution, less grainy, and I can’t figure out why.

ieo · December 10, 2019, 3:56am

Hi @Darren_Burr,

Please make sure you don’t zoom in your video in ManyCam - it may reduce the quality dramatically. Make sure it is set to 100%. Also, what is your resolution in ManyCam, 720p? Most probably Skype takes 1080p from your camera, so try to select 1080p in ManyCam as well:

Darren_Burr · December 10, 2019, 10:18pm

Thanks for that. I have set it up, although I am pretty sure I read my laptop camera maximum is only 720p, but the picture in ManyCam seems to have improved a little.