Hi
Apologies I think the URL for the previous post got truncated (my Fault) - it should have read -
http://www.gadgetvictims.com/search/label/ip%20camera
and
http://www.gadgetvictims.com/2009/08/th ... am-ip.html
Thought a bit about your requirements and I think I've come up with a cheap (free) way you could do this :-
By using the excellent YawCam Software - it's a free download (donationware) from
http://www.yawcam.com, you will also need JAVA running on whichever PC you choose to use.
Note I have only tried the following by running it on my Apache Server at home , and not by subsequently uploading the videostream produced to my Hosted Website.
You will still need to log on to the FOSCAM IPCamera, however YawCam can do all that clever stuff for you.
Once you have YawCam setup and running on your PC , set it to connect to the Wireless URL of your FOSCAM
Set YawCam by up using the "change to" tab from the settings menu, ( YawCam detects my FOSCAM as "IP Camera" ) once you select the camera, YawCam will attempt to connect to that camera using some default settings, which will fail at first, it will then pop up a preview window and also a box asking you for some connection details, overtype the default settings by entering :- http://ipcam-url:port/videostream.cgi [change ipcam-url:port to match your own camera settings] --- for example :- http://192.168.0.108:8080/videostream.cgi
Enter the username and password into YAWCAM in the boxes below the URL I use the one I set for visitor, or if you like, you can use the command line of :-
http://ipcam-url:port/videostream.cgi?user=username&pwd=password - (although the first way seems more reliable).
Once you can see pictures in the YawCam preview window, you can then set about getting Yawcam to stream the video using YawCam's inbuilt "Stream" Function, it has a "very" basic HTML page designer built in to it, accessable from the settings menu, it will also use PNP to configure (Open) your Routers ports and will also tell you what Public IP, that users will need to use from outside of your local network to view the stream (under "settings" - "connections" - " What's my URL")- I found that selecting the "Java Applet" setting produced the best result. or you could use YawCam's FTP function to upload a picture to your website at whatever interval you choose
Personally I use YawCam to upload a single frame picture, every 300secs (only in daylight , YawCam allows scheduling) to my website, a streaming picture wouldn't show that much change
Hope that helps -
Mike
