1 cam - 3 views

[gwheelo]

Just updated the webcam page - http://www.wheelocknet.net

and now getting 3 views from one Microsoft LifeCam Studio: static image every 10 seconds, live stream, and time-lapse of the past 24 hours in reverse.

The time-lapse is based on 288 jpg images taken at 5 minute intervals. The images are processed into a .flv file using "ffmpeg" (open source) and uploaded using Windows built-in ftp to my server every 2 hours. The process uses "Yawcam" for the still image upload, the stream. and the timing and saving of the 288 time-lapse images. The rest of the process is controlled by "Windows Scheduler" using a .bat file with a .txt file with a script for Windows FTP. Eventually the interval to refresh the time-lapse to the server will be every 6 or 12 hours. The Flash viewer is from Adobe and free and the full-screen feature works too.

Oh - and the camera is hanging on a 15 meter USB cable.

I would appreciate receiving any reports concerning viewing problems - I already know the Flash does not work with Android.

gwheelo

[duke]

That is an impressive quality image for a webcam. A couple of questions for you if you do not mind. Is that camera waterproof or how have you mounted it and what size (kb) are the still images when uploaded?

[gwheelo]

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Is that camera waterproof

No - I have fitted it into an empty waterproof housing I found at my local DIY store. The font window is replaced with a piece of plastic with a hole sized to fit a polarized camera filter. The barrel body of the lifeCam is mounted flush up against the filter.

The video file is made from 288 jpegs converted to a single Flash video (.flv) with a finished size of approx. 4.22 Mb (upload size) - The jpegs original recorded by Yawcam are 800 X 600.

gwheelo