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Doc
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Mon Sep 27, 2004 5:39 am Post subject:
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HI All,
Trying to use my current Wireless home network and free comcast web site
to monitor my home.
Need to decide on decent frame rate "webcam" (or other by different
name?), and any 'software' applications that would be used to upload
to the web site.
Read MANY threads here and seeing some great info.
Don't know that I need streaming, perhaps just pics...
Looking at AXIS products, any thoughts or experiences with those?
Many thanks.
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Rich "Doc" Colley
mailto: pc-dc-doc@nospam.comcast.net |
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Thom
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Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:08 pm Post subject:
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"Doc" <pc-dc-doc@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
| Quote: | HI All,
Trying to use my current Wireless home network and free comcast web site
to monitor my home.
Need to decide on decent frame rate "webcam" (or other by different
name?), and any 'software' applications that would be used to upload
to the web site.
Read MANY threads here and seeing some great info.
Don't know that I need streaming, perhaps just pics...
Looking at AXIS products, any thoughts or experiences with those?
Many thanks.
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Hey Doc,
I don't have any experience with AXIS products, but I recently purchased a
Creative NX-Ultra that came with the software you'd need for doing what you
want to do. I'm not shilling for Creative. Probably pretty much any newer
webcam will come with similar software.
You don't mention what Operating system you'll be using, so I'll base the
rest of my reply *assuming* Windows XP. If you're not running XP? You can
stop reading now. :-)
Should you happen to purchase a cam that does not come with the software you
need? There's a free way around it. For instance;
There's a free Powertoy
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
called "Timershot" that will do what you want.
If you decide you'd like to stream the video (and audio too, if you so
desire) instead? You can download "Windows Media Encoder" which is also
free.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
and broadcasts live video beautifully .
Keep this in mind though;
You say you want to use this set-up to monitor your home. This infers you
will be doing it from someplace other than another room in your home. Your
job, perhaps? If that's the case, you may want to make sure wherever you'll
be monitoring *from* will allow you to access "live content" on the web.
*Many* employers have their networks set up to *not* allow that sort of
thing, for obvious reasons. :-)
And you're right. Lot's of knowledgable folks here. It's where I learned
about Windows Media Encoder, and how to set it up.
Good luck,
Thom |
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Doc
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Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:36 pm Post subject:
Re: Wireless WebCam for Observing home, inside... nanny, so |
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Thom typed this:
| Quote: | "Doc" <pc-dc-doc@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
HI All,
Trying to use my current Wireless home network and free comcast web site
to monitor my home.
Need to decide on decent frame rate "webcam" (or other by different
name?), and any 'software' applications that would be used to upload
to the web site.
Read MANY threads here and seeing some great info.
Don't know that I need streaming, perhaps just pics...
Looking at AXIS products, any thoughts or experiences with those?
Many thanks.
Hey Doc,
I don't have any experience with AXIS products, but I recently purchased a
Creative NX-Ultra that came with the software you'd need for doing what you
want to do. I'm not shilling for Creative. Probably pretty much any newer
webcam will come with similar software.
You don't mention what Operating system you'll be using, so I'll base the
rest of my reply *assuming* Windows XP. If you're not running XP? You can
stop reading now. :-)
Should you happen to purchase a cam that does not come with the software you
need? There's a free way around it. For instance;
There's a free Powertoy
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
called "Timershot" that will do what you want.
If you decide you'd like to stream the video (and audio too, if you so
desire) instead? You can download "Windows Media Encoder" which is also
free.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
and broadcasts live video beautifully .
Keep this in mind though;
You say you want to use this set-up to monitor your home. This infers you
will be doing it from someplace other than another room in your home. Your
job, perhaps? If that's the case, you may want to make sure wherever you'll
be monitoring *from* will allow you to access "live content" on the web.
*Many* employers have their networks set up to *not* allow that sort of
thing, for obvious reasons. :-)
And you're right. Lot's of knowledgable folks here. It's where I learned
about Windows Media Encoder, and how to set it up.
Good luck,
Thom
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HI Thom,
Many thanks. I "am" hearing about Media Encoder... will look into it.
Did read somewhere here that it takes up a lot of the CPU process? Which
really isn't a problem on the sending PC... as it will be unused basically.
XP Pro, SP2 is the OS... right.
Saw a couple of nice D-Links last night. Less expensive than AXIS, will
buy just ONE cam to begin with and see how it works...
No sweat on the office, have that worked out... access to the Cisco.
Appreciate the help. Any other thoughts appreciated. Thanks.
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Rich "Doc" Colley
mailto: pc-dc-doc@nospam.comcast.net |
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Thom
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Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:52 pm Post subject:
Re: Wireless WebCam for Observing home, inside... nanny, so |
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Doc <pc-dc-doc@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Thom typed this:
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Hey Doc,
I don't have any experience with AXIS products, but I recently
purchased a Creative NX-Ultra that came with the software you'd need
for doing what you want to do. I'm not shilling for Creative. Probably
pretty much any newer webcam will come with similar
software.
You don't mention what Operating system you'll be using, so I'll
base the rest of my reply *assuming* Windows XP. If you're not
running XP? You can stop reading now. :-)
Should you happen to purchase a cam that does not come with the
software you need? There's a free way around it. For instance;
There's a free Powertoy
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
called "Timershot" that will do what you want.
If you decide you'd like to stream the video (and audio too, if you
so desire) instead? You can download "Windows Media Encoder" which
is also free.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
and broadcasts live video beautifully .
Keep this in mind though;
You say you want to use this set-up to monitor your home. This
infers you will be doing it from someplace other than another room
in your home. Your job, perhaps? If that's the case, you may want
to make sure wherever you'll be monitoring *from* will allow you to
access "live content" on the web. *Many* employers have their
networks set up to *not* allow that sort of thing, for obvious
reasons. :-)
And you're right. Lot's of knowledgable folks here. It's where I
learned about Windows Media Encoder, and how to set it up.
Good luck,
Thom
HI Thom,
Many thanks. I "am" hearing about Media Encoder... will look into it.
Did read somewhere here that it takes up a lot of the CPU process?
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Anywhere from 8-11% of my P4. I don't even notice it.
| Quote: | Which really isn't a problem on the sending PC... as it will be
unused basically. XP Pro, SP2 is the OS... right.
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Yes. XP-Pro (SP2) would be your OS.
| Quote: | Saw a couple of nice D-Links last night. Less expensive than AXIS,
will buy just ONE cam to begin with and see how it works...
No sweat on the office, have that worked out... access to the Cisco.
Appreciate the help. Any other thoughts appreciated. Thanks.
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Nothing I can think of at the moment. I have my cam on as we speak. The
setup is using an old Intel Cam with Windows Media Encoder set to
"VHS-quality output". Check it out if you like;
www.crampy.com/webcam.htm
Thom |
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David D.
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Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:29 pm Post subject:
Re: Wireless WebCam for Observing home, inside... nanny, so |
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| Quote: | Saw a couple of nice D-Links last night. Less expensive than AXIS, will
buy just ONE cam to begin with and see how it works...
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The Dlink DCS 900 cameras seems Ok (and are cheaper than AXIS), note
there are some on www.ebay.com ! ;-) |
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Noël®
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Mon Sep 27, 2004 10:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Wireless WebCam for Observing home, inside... nanny, so |
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| Quote: | Nothing I can think of at the moment. I have my cam on as we speak. The
setup is using an old Intel Cam with Windows Media Encoder set to
"VHS-quality output". Check it out if you like;
www.crampy.com/webcam.htm
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Thom, your goldfish / fish tank looks nice, but why are you streaming at 327
Kbps?
You could easily take it back to 90 Kbps or even less, and you will not see
much difference in the quality.
This way more people could look at the same time :-)
Noël
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http://webcam.kijk.info
http://www.resize2mail.com |
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Thom
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Mon Sep 27, 2004 10:40 pm Post subject:
Re: Wireless WebCam for Observing home, inside... nanny, so |
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Noël® <n03l@h-o-t-m-a-i-l.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Nothing I can think of at the moment. I have my cam on as we speak.
The setup is using an old Intel Cam with Windows Media Encoder set to
"VHS-quality output". Check it out if you like;
www.crampy.com/webcam.htm
Thom, your goldfish / fish tank looks nice, but why are you streaming
at 327 Kbps?
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Because I don't know how to change the setting. :-)
| Quote: | You could easily take it back to 90 Kbps or even less, and you will
not see much difference in the quality.
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How?
| Quote: | This way more people could look at the same time :-)
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That would be good, as I've gotten a few complaints from folks using dial-up
connections saying it was taking, "forever to download".
Thanks, Noel. |
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Noël®
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Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:46 am Post subject:
Re: Wireless WebCam for Observing home, inside... nanny, so |
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"Thom" <Thom@no.invalid> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Noël® <n03l@h-o-t-m-a-i-l.com> wrote:
Nothing I can think of at the moment. I have my cam on as we speak.
The setup is using an old Intel Cam with Windows Media Encoder set to
"VHS-quality output". Check it out if you like;
www.crampy.com/webcam.htm
Thom, your goldfish / fish tank looks nice, but why are you streaming
at 327 Kbps?
Because I don't know how to change the setting. :-)
You could easily take it back to 90 Kbps or even less, and you will
not see much difference in the quality.
How?
This way more people could look at the same time :-)
That would be good, as I've gotten a few complaints from folks using
dial-up connections saying it was taking, "forever to download".
Thanks, Noel.
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Thom here some info on how to set your own profile.
Start WME
New Session > Broadcast a live event > OK
Select camera > next
Select Pull from the encoder > next
Select port you use to stream on > next
Select Multi bit rates video (CBR) and select in the Bit rate box some
"Total Bit Rate"'s
(I have 93, 45 and 19 Kbps selected>
Click on finish
Do not start to stream for now..
Now go to Properties and select [Compression] and [Edit]
If you selected 93, 45 and 19 Kbps you will see 3 tabs marked with it.
You can now customize each stream (like video size, frame rate, buffer size
and so on..)
I really suggest that you do play with the settings! I've managed to tweak
the 3 streams to take only 10 to 15 % of CPU power on my P4 1600 MHz system!
Do not forget to save the settings!
Once all is setup nice, you can auto start the encoder with a "shortcut" in
your startup.
Put the following in the shortcut:
"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Components\Encoder\wmenc.exe" stream.wme
/Start
Small note. The name of the saved settings is stream.wme, and it's in the
same directory as where wmenc.exe is setting. If you saved your profile with
an other name you will need to change it to the one you use.
Let me know if you need anymore help.
Noël
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http://webcam.kijk.info
http://www.resize2mail.com |
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Thom
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Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:59 pm Post subject:
Re: Wireless WebCam for Observing home, inside... nanny, so |
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Noël® <n03l@h-o-t-m-a-i-l.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Thom here some info on how to set your own profile.
Start WME
New Session > Broadcast a live event > OK
Select camera > next
Select Pull from the encoder > next
Select port you use to stream on > next
Select Multi bit rates video (CBR) and select in the Bit rate box some
"Total Bit Rate"'s
(I have 93, 45 and 19 Kbps selected
Click on finish
Do not start to stream for now..
Now go to Properties and select [Compression] and [Edit]
If you selected 93, 45 and 19 Kbps you will see 3 tabs marked with it.
You can now customize each stream (like video size, frame rate,
buffer size and so on..)
I really suggest that you do play with the settings! I've managed to
tweak the 3 streams to take only 10 to 15 % of CPU power on my P4
1600 MHz system!
Do not forget to save the settings!
Once all is setup nice, you can auto start the encoder with a
"shortcut" in your startup.
Put the following in the shortcut:
"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Components\Encoder\wmenc.exe"
stream.wme /Start
Small note. The name of the saved settings is stream.wme, and it's in
the same directory as where wmenc.exe is setting. If you saved your
profile with an other name you will need to change it to the one you
use.
Let me know if you need anymore help.
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First of all, thanks for the terrific advice. It's greatly appreciated.
Now as to my results. If I follow your instructions to the letter, I wind
up with a (physically) smaller stream.
Also? Choosing all three bit-rates adds a strain to my CPU. (right around
25% usage)
If I go with just the "93", it defaults to a 240x180 stream, which I
consider too small. If I go to edit, and manually change the output to the
desired 320x240, the video becomes grainy because I'm 'artificailly'
stretching it.
I'm sure others will disagree, but it's my personal preference not to stream
at anything less than 320x240. I've noticed from my site-stats that most
people who visit have a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768, and
anything less than a 320x240 stream looks like a postage stamp at that
screen resolution. :-)
So for now, I've opted for 128kb/s. It's the lowest rate that offers the
ability to stream clearly at my personal minimum (320x240) requirement.
Couple more questions if you don't mind?
- Is 128kb/s still to much for dial-up users?
- I've noticed there are codec choices in the "Edit" portion of the
software. It would seem to me that using the WMV7 codec would allow people
running older versions of WMP to see the stream without forcing them to
update. Is that correct?
Thanks again!
Thom |
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Noël®
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Tue Sep 28, 2004 5:49 pm Post subject:
Re: Wireless WebCam for Observing home, inside... nanny, so |
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"Thom" <Thom@no.invalid> wrote in message
news:JoudnTbE95il_cTcRVn-oA@comcast.com...
| Quote: | Noël® <n03l@h-o-t-m-a-i-l.com> wrote:
Thom here some info on how to set your own profile.
Start WME
New Session > Broadcast a live event > OK
Select camera > next
Select Pull from the encoder > next
Select port you use to stream on > next
Select Multi bit rates video (CBR) and select in the Bit rate box some
"Total Bit Rate"'s
(I have 93, 45 and 19 Kbps selected
Click on finish
Do not start to stream for now..
Now go to Properties and select [Compression] and [Edit]
If you selected 93, 45 and 19 Kbps you will see 3 tabs marked with it.
You can now customize each stream (like video size, frame rate,
buffer size and so on..)
I really suggest that you do play with the settings! I've managed to
tweak the 3 streams to take only 10 to 15 % of CPU power on my P4
1600 MHz system!
Do not forget to save the settings!
Once all is setup nice, you can auto start the encoder with a
"shortcut" in your startup.
Put the following in the shortcut:
"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Components\Encoder\wmenc.exe"
stream.wme /Start
Small note. The name of the saved settings is stream.wme, and it's in
the same directory as where wmenc.exe is setting. If you saved your
profile with an other name you will need to change it to the one you
use.
Let me know if you need anymore help.
First of all, thanks for the terrific advice. It's greatly appreciated.
Now as to my results. If I follow your instructions to the letter, I wind
up with a (physically) smaller stream.
Also? Choosing all three bit-rates adds a strain to my CPU. (right
around 25% usage)
If I go with just the "93", it defaults to a 240x180 stream, which I
consider too small. If I go to edit, and manually change the output to
the desired 320x240, the video becomes grainy because I'm 'artificailly'
stretching it.
I'm sure others will disagree, but it's my personal preference not to
stream at anything less than 320x240. I've noticed from my site-stats
that most people who visit have a screen resolution of at least 1024 x
768, and anything less than a 320x240 stream looks like a postage stamp at
that screen resolution. :-)
So for now, I've opted for 128kb/s. It's the lowest rate that offers the
ability to stream clearly at my personal minimum (320x240) requirement.
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This is all correct, and you should stream in what you think is best..
Still you should play a bit more with the settings. There are a lot of
options that you can use to make it also look good when you stream in "93"
and force it to 320x240.
You can also change the "93" to a custom setting!
Stop the stream, go to properties > compression > edit and select the 93
Kbps tab. Now you can change the "frame rate", "Video bit rate", "Video
smoothness" and so on..
| Quote: | Couple more questions if you don't mind?
- Is 128kb/s still to much for dial-up users?
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Yes it's still to much. A dial-up will get "at his best" around 56kb/s.
128kb/s is about ISDN speed.
I do not know what your upload speed is, but it's no point using any
bit-rate higher that what it is.
(If you have a 512 kbit up the max you can put true it will be just under
512 kbit)
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- I've noticed there are codec choices in the "Edit" portion of the
software. It would seem to me that using the WMV7 codec would allow
people running older versions of WMP to see the stream without forcing
them to update. Is that correct?
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Yes the WMV7 codec (what I use) is for the "old" windows media player, and
will not force the users who are using the old WMP to 1st download a new
codec!
The performance of the WMV7 codec is a bit less than the new one, but it
will also take less CPU power of the system that you are using to stream.
Noël
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http://webcam.kijk.info
http://www.resize2mail.com |
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Thom
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Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Wireless WebCam for Observing home, inside... nanny, so |
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Noël® <n03l@h-o-t-m-a-i-l.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "Thom" <Thom@no.invalid> wrote in message
news:JoudnTbE95il_cTcRVn-oA@comcast.com...
Noël® <n03l@h-o-t-m-a-i-l.com> wrote:
First of all, thanks for the terrific advice. It's greatly
appreciated.
Now as to my results. If I follow your instructions to the letter,
I wind up with a (physically) smaller stream.
Also? Choosing all three bit-rates adds a strain to my CPU. (right
around 25% usage)
If I go with just the "93", it defaults to a 240x180 stream, which I
consider too small. If I go to edit, and manually change the output
to the desired 320x240, the video becomes grainy because I'm
'artificailly' stretching it.
I'm sure others will disagree, but it's my personal preference not to
stream at anything less than 320x240. I've noticed from my
site-stats that most people who visit have a screen resolution of at
least 1024 x 768, and anything less than a 320x240 stream looks like
a postage stamp at that screen resolution. :-)
So for now, I've opted for 128kb/s. It's the lowest rate that
offers the ability to stream clearly at my personal minimum
(320x240) requirement.
This is all correct, and you should stream in what you think is best..
Still you should play a bit more with the settings. There are a lot of
options that you can use to make it also look good when you stream in
"93" and force it to 320x240.
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I'll keep mucking around in there. :-)
| Quote: | You can also change the "93" to a custom setting!
Stop the stream, go to properties > compression > edit and select the
93 Kbps tab. Now you can change the "frame rate", "Video bit rate",
"Video smoothness" and so on..
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Cool. I'll give it a go.
| Quote: | Couple more questions if you don't mind?
- Is 128kb/s still to much for dial-up users?
Yes it's still to much. A dial-up will get "at his best" around
56kb/s. 128kb/s is about ISDN speed.
I do not know what your upload speed is, but it's no point using any
bit-rate higher that what it is.
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According to several tests run at DSL reports, I'm averaging around 250kb/s
(upload), and around 1500kb/s (download).
| Quote: | - I've noticed there are codec choices in the "Edit" portion of the
software. It would seem to me that using the WMV7 codec would allow
people running older versions of WMP to see the stream without
forcing them to update. Is that correct?
Yes the WMV7 codec (what I use) is for the "old" windows media
player, and will not force the users who are using the old WMP to 1st
download a new codec!
The performance of the WMV7 codec is a bit less than the new one, but
it will also take less CPU power of the system that you are using to
stream.
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OK, good. That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure.
Here are the current settings. WMP-7 codec. 65kb/s at 15 fp/s
I'd appreciate it if someone would have a look and get back to me as to
quality and buffering time. Especially someone on a dial-up.
http://www.crampy.com/webcam.htm
Thanks again!
Thom |
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Noël®
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Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:45 pm Post subject:
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| Quote: |
Here are the current settings. WMP-7 codec. 65kb/s at 15 fp/s
I'd appreciate it if someone would have a look and get back to me as to
quality and buffering time. Especially someone on a dial-up.
http://www.crampy.com/webcam.htm
Thanks again!
Thom
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Thom, I'm not on a dial-up but I must say that your stream looks great at
65kb/s.
I'm also getting a 29.9 fps, and have no buffering problems! This is really
good!
Keep up the good work and... Welcome to the real webcam stream club :-)
Noël
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http://webcam.kijk.info
http://www.resize2mail.com |
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Thom
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Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:49 pm Post subject:
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Noël® <n03l@h-o-t-m-a-i-l.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Here are the current settings. WMP-7 codec. 65kb/s at 15 fp/s
I'd appreciate it if someone would have a look and get back to me as
to quality and buffering time. Especially someone on a dial-up.
http://www.crampy.com/webcam.htm
Thanks again!
Thom
Thom, I'm not on a dial-up but I must say that your stream looks
great at 65kb/s.
I'm also getting a 29.9 fps, and have no buffering problems! This is
really good!
Keep up the good work and... Welcome to the real webcam stream club
:-)
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Couldn't have done it without your help. REALLY!
Thanks again!
Thom |
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Doc
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Wed Sep 29, 2004 4:36 am Post subject:
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Thom typed this:
| Quote: | Doc <pc-dc-doc@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
Thom typed this:
[..]
Hey Doc,
I don't have any experience with AXIS products, but I recently
purchased a Creative NX-Ultra that came with the software you'd need
for doing what you want to do. I'm not shilling for Creative. Probably
pretty much any newer webcam will come with similar
software.
You don't mention what Operating system you'll be using, so I'll
base the rest of my reply *assuming* Windows XP. If you're not
running XP? You can stop reading now. :-)
Should you happen to purchase a cam that does not come with the
software you need? There's a free way around it. For instance;
There's a free Powertoy
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
called "Timershot" that will do what you want.
If you decide you'd like to stream the video (and audio too, if you
so desire) instead? You can download "Windows Media Encoder" which
is also free.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
and broadcasts live video beautifully .
Keep this in mind though;
You say you want to use this set-up to monitor your home. This
infers you will be doing it from someplace other than another room
in your home. Your job, perhaps? If that's the case, you may want
to make sure wherever you'll be monitoring *from* will allow you to
access "live content" on the web. *Many* employers have their
networks set up to *not* allow that sort of thing, for obvious
reasons. :-)
And you're right. Lot's of knowledgable folks here. It's where I
learned about Windows Media Encoder, and how to set it up.
Good luck,
Thom
HI Thom,
Many thanks. I "am" hearing about Media Encoder... will look into it.
Did read somewhere here that it takes up a lot of the CPU process?
Anywhere from 8-11% of my P4. I don't even notice it.
Which really isn't a problem on the sending PC... as it will be
unused basically. XP Pro, SP2 is the OS... right.
Yes. XP-Pro (SP2) would be your OS.
Saw a couple of nice D-Links last night. Less expensive than AXIS,
will buy just ONE cam to begin with and see how it works...
No sweat on the office, have that worked out... access to the Cisco.
Appreciate the help. Any other thoughts appreciated. Thanks.
Nothing I can think of at the moment. I have my cam on as we speak. The
setup is using an old Intel Cam with Windows Media Encoder set to
"VHS-quality output". Check it out if you like;
www.crampy.com/webcam.htm
Thom
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Thom!
Many thanks.. now following this thread and will most probably set up a
cam this coming week. Noel, great INFO!!!! Wonderful NG here!!!
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Rich "Doc" Colley
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Rick H
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Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:48 pm Post subject:
Re: Wireless WebCam for Observing home, inside... nanny, so |
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Thom
I read this post and would like to inquire of you or the group of like
a best setup for webcam with xphome sp2, ethernet wired cam, no fixed
ip (bellsouth.net dsl). cam for work and home.
I like the Dlink DCS 900, but wondering how i post the images to a dns
server. are the free ones good options. Do i need to get Dynamic DNS
services where I can assign an easy-to-remember name and domain (e.g.
www.mycamera.dryerbox.com). This would allow me to remotely access my
camera even if it has been changed by your Internet Service Provider.
i see you recommended microsoft media encoder. sorry to bother you
with this, just trying to get a grip on how best to go about it.
thanks in advance.
rick
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