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Post by setttt on Sept 19, 2005 15:14:47 GMT
As many of you know, I've recently moved home. The house backs on to a certain Piccadilly Line Depot, and is actually quite a good vantage point, especially for taking photos etc.
When Jim posted the link to that Japanese station webcam, I thought about doing the same thing myself. But because my IT skills aren't particularly amazing, I wouldn't know where to start in terms of actually broadcasting the footage 'live' on the net.
Can anyone offer any help/suggestions?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2005 16:26:52 GMT
WebcamXP - free trial... but is decent.  |
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Post by Tomcakes on Sept 19, 2005 16:38:22 GMT
It shouldn't be too hard, IIRC there's software to do it easily, your machine would need to be on 24x7 though (unless you want it to be "part time" though)_.
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Post by Chris M on Sept 19, 2005 17:40:21 GMT
You also need to check that you haven't got a bandwidth limit on your internet connection.
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Post by setttt on Sept 19, 2005 18:26:01 GMT
Thanks for the info. I'll look into it further.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2005 1:18:55 GMT
Thanks for the info. I'll look into it further. As we'll wait in hope that you go ahead with it |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2005 10:48:22 GMT
Thanks for the info. I'll look into it further. As we'll wait in hope that you go ahead with it Northfields Depot is nice at this time of year!  |
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Post by Hutch on Sept 20, 2005 12:48:02 GMT
Try also KabCam. I use it for my webcam and it works well. Uploads files ca. 40KB direct to my webspace without problems. I get it to run and stop using windows Schedule Tasks. To get that to work I had to set a password on my user login instead of just open access that most machines are preset to. |
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Post by Colin on Sept 21, 2005 0:30:57 GMT
Far be it from me to 'wee on your bonfire', But wouldn't LUL have something to say about your plan?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2005 1:18:02 GMT
Far be it from me to 'wee on your bonfire', But wouldn't LUL have something to say about your plan? I don't think LU would have a leg to stand on as long as he film's from his property. |
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Post by Colin on Sept 21, 2005 1:25:41 GMT
Fair enough - I was just thinking aloud |
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Post by setttt on Sept 21, 2005 6:33:09 GMT
If anyone was going to have a go it would be TubeLines, but I know most of the guys there anyway so I don't think they'll mind.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2005 1:05:46 GMT
Any updates Seth? Presumably nothing's happened?
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Post by Hutch on Nov 19, 2005 11:53:04 GMT
Hi Seth, I echo the above comment. Any news? Just some comments regarding the setting up of these things. Do you have to stand outside to see the yard or can you do so from an inside window? I tried setting up an outside camera in a weather proof box with a Perspex front on it but it was not successful as the glass tended to fog up. In the three places I had mine set up Elko, Denver and now Oxon I had the camera inside the house looking out to the north(ish). This was important otherwise the sun will blind the camera sometime of the day/season. It was also good to have the camera turn off before it got too dark or the image could freeze up. As I mentioned before, Windows Scheduler worked well with this – I adjusted the run time to suit the season. I had a problem with a Windows 98 machine in that it froze up the camera when it went to sleep and the camera needed rebooting. I suspected that the 5V power supply via the USB was cut during the sleep process and this upset the camera. A powered USB hub between the computer and the camera solved this. I have not had this problem with Windows XP. Anyway – best of luck. The images are not the greatest quality unless you want to spend some serious money on a web-camera – but they are great fun nonetheless. |
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