webcam questions...

[oonighttrain]

im thinking about setting up a webcam..

anyone know exactly how it works??? what does the set up intail???


say i wanted to set up a webcam outside my house and have a website..

hows all that chit work???

 

[Uphill]

First off, go to a porno forum. There are a heck of a lot more web cams used in that profession. j/k I would like to put one at my cabin, so I could check snow levels. So I am all ears..

 

[Meatman]

Most webcams come with software. best bet is to get a wireless all weather one. You would have to have it connected to a computer on location and there are programs you can get to run the other computer from your computer at home. It's pretty slick actually.

 

[oonighttrain]

any idea how it ties in to a website????

 

[Uphill]

I like the idea of the remote wireless, my deal is I am to cheap to put dsl up there. OO, you would be running the camera through a network of some sort, that is how it would link to a web site ???? Not sure what you what to do. I know a little about network stuff, but, I call my IT buddy to say, I broke it, can you fix it.

 

[oonighttrain]

uphill,
what i want to do is have a webcam in a location away from home..

i have the web addresse already.. i just need to figure out how to put all the peices together..???

 

[Uphill]

uphill,
what i want to do is have a webcam in a location away from home..

i have the web addresse already.. i just need to figure out how to put all the peices together..???

Yea, that is what I am thinking, I'll start fishing around. It will take me a little time, I will let ya know what I find out... Got to get the machine up and running first. Oh Oh and pray for snow..

 

[woodies]

helmet cam i say better bet

 

[Rob1334]

cams are sweet, there is one set up in west jelly that I have checked, ask one of the guys from that area in the location posts threads...works really well

 

[Ex-Member]

You can do a cheap one relatively easily if oyu have always-on internet tubes and a computer that stays on... run a webserver on the machine, you can find scripts online (or write your own, "curl" in *nix comes in handy) to pull and save an image from a camera at predetermined intervals, then stuff that image on an HTML page.

I ahve a collection of webcams I stuck on a webpage, ... gives me a quick overview of weather and webcams... do the same thing, just pointing to a cam or two on your network.

 

[opus]

This is what we have. They have a built in webserver, zero issues.

http://www.axis.com/

 

[xrated]

a web cam of Florida? Did you get hit in the head last night?

Ok seriously I do check a ton of cams in Fl when I work over nights and watch the sunrise over the water.

 

[Ex-Member]

Yeah, those axis webcams are pretty cool. ACTB has one on top of White halll on the UWyo campus. Easy setup and quick deployment, low maintenence as well. They're a little moar $ than a lot of people want to spend for a webcam though.