Turning a compact camera into a webcam?

woodson75

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Feb 5, 2013
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I was hoping someone might be able to tell me if it's possible to connect a compact camera to a laptop via hdmi (if such a thing as a micro usb to hdmi cable exists?). Basically I'd like to stream a live Google Hangout, but my laptop's webcam is not great quality (1.3 mega pixels) and was hoping the compact camera could "override" the webcam and act in its place? Thanks for any help you guys can come up with. :)