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canlab@sasktel.net
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How to buy and setup webcam on website

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I'm interested in adding an outdoor webcam to my weather website. Anyone have any recommendations of what I should buy? Also what do I need to do time lapse or live streaming? Does live streaming take up a lot of bandwidth? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Re: How to buy and setup webcam on website

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Hallo.

Camera : Foscam Full-HD Outdoor Bullet Camera or 4K.
Software Blue Iris 5 , IPTimelapse Pro 2022.
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Re: How to buy and setup webcam on website

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canlab@sasktel.net wrote: Wed 03 Aug 2022 6:47 pm I'm interested in adding an outdoor webcam to my weather website. Anyone have any recommendations of what I should buy? Also what do I need to do time lapse or live streaming? Does live streaming take up a lot of bandwidth? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I use an ieGeek IG82 which can be purchased for 30-40 GBP. I use Motion software for image capture and time lapse creation. Bandwidth will depend on the resolution of the video data. I use 1920x1272 at 15 FPS, and can fit that into a maximum 250kbps. I say maximum as it is a lot lower at night, and much higher on bright days with non-uniform cloud.
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Re: How to buy and setup webcam on website

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I use a Reolink RLC-410W and IPTimeLapse https://www.dmjsystems.co.uk/weatherbos/webcam.php
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