Got the webcam working, just not the way envisaged
Logitech keeps insisting that the problem with my QuickCam is installation. Of course: Logitech itself can do no wrong. It must be my fault.
Although the chap was faultlessly polite and courteous, I’m getting sick of hearing, ‘Uninstall and reinstall,’ as the tech support solution to everything.
I know the QuickCam I have works with Skype Video and I have now discovered that it works with Windows Media Encoder. Surprise: it does record segments as long as I want them! It doesn’t conk out at will! The program is free as long as your Windows is legit.
For anyone else whose Logitech QuickCam stops recording at will, there’s my answer. Give up the original software and use WME instead.