How to check the resolution of the webcam built into a computer.

I was wondering what the resolution of the webcam that is built into the computer. My older computer had a very poor webcame, whereas my newer computer is quite acceptable. How can I see what the resolution of the cameras are in the two computers. It turns out it's very easy.

Windows 10 has a camera app. To access type in camera in the Windows search area and select Camera app.

Take a video or a photo.

Go to the Pictures folder and then open the Camera Roll folder

In this folder you'll see the picture or video you've taken.

Right click on the photo/video

Select Properties

Select the Details tab

In the Details tab you'll then be able to read the dimensions. For a video it is Frame Width and Frame Length and for the picture it is Image Width and Image Height.

Interesting it is the video height that is often used when referring to a video has HD or SD. A video height of 720 is HD, 480 is SD, 1080 is full HD, and the poor quality video from my old computer has a frame height of 360, which is lower than SD and why the quality was so poor.

Kelvin Eldridge
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