Mel Posted January 18, 2004 Posted January 18, 2004 Hello my friends, I have been tasked to setup an outdoor webcam for a website I'm working on. This will be mounted to the outside of the building, trained on the beach. Hardware? Software? Suggestions? Where to start? Is there a newbie guide somewhere? I'm assuming I buy an outdoor camera, run some co-ax to a video card installed in the PC (which has a cable internet connection), and have some software that captures an image every 15 - 20 seconds and ftp's it to the webserver (TotalChoiceHosted, of course! Rock Sign ) correct? Thanks for any help you can provide!!! Mel Quote
boxturt Posted January 18, 2004 Posted January 18, 2004 Coffee Cup has software for this. Free and to purchase. http://www.coffeecup.com/software/ Quote
stevevan Posted January 18, 2004 Posted January 18, 2004 If you're using a Linux system, there's a HOWTO found here that may be of some assistance. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted January 18, 2004 Posted January 18, 2004 And if you have a wireless setup I would look into one of the wireless cameras from www.dlink.com. They are a bit expensive but we all know you get what you pay for. Quote
Mel Posted January 18, 2004 Author Posted January 18, 2004 Thanks for the help everybody.. I've been learning on the StarDot website also (http://www.stardot-tech.com/) I'll post a link to the webcam when it's up and running.. Mel Quote
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