Help! ISight webcam

[morgansh]

I have an isight and downloaded QTbroadcast. I am trying to set up a webcam for viewing by more than user. I have a web domain for the ftp. I tried stripcam as a streaming server and it didnt work. What do I need to do? I am a moron so as descriptive an explanation as you are willing to give would be great. Thanks in advance

[7on]

Do you have iChat AV?

[morgansh]

i do have ichat but i dont want to videoconference , i would like to set up a permanent web cam.

[whfsdude]

EvoCam (http://www.evological.com/evocam.html)

[morgansh]

Ok. thanks. using evo cam i was able to upload to an ftp sightand view a snapshot in my browser and in a quicktime player. how do i get the image to stream.? right now its a single frozen image. the image changes if i refresh but wont play in quicktime as a streaming video.

[iJon]

if i remember right quicktime broadcaster can only support 1 stream cause its free. i believe quicktime streaming server is the pro app that comes with mac os x server that allows you too do more than one.

iJon

[morgansh]

i found QTserver really convoluted. I assumed there must be an easier way to set up a simple streaming webcam.

[iJon]

qtbroadcast is pretty complicated, but i found it really easy following instructions in help.

iJon

[morgansh]

broadcast wont do what i want to do though. I do not want to video conference. I want to set up a 24 hour web cam accessible from my web site.

[morgansh]

Anybody else? I still can't figure this out.

[Rower_CPU]

What's your server situation like? ISP? Your own machine?

You'll need a streaming video server in order to serve streaming video. Crazy, I know.

If you're running off your own machine, you can install and set-up Apple's open-source Darwin Streaming Server (http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming/) to serve the video.

[morgansh]

I am running it off my laptop through a wireless connection. I downloaded darwin but there are 71 files in the download. I dont even know where to start! I can't believe that this is such a difficult thing to do. ugh!

[Rower_CPU]

Is that the source or the binary?

[morgansh]

hunh?

[Rower_CPU]

There is a source code download, and links for pre-compiled binaries for different OSes. Which are you downloading?

[morgansh]

pre-compiled.

[morgansh]

anyone? a little help here.

[morgansh]

PLEASE!!! Smart people unite and help me with this problem!!!!

[morgansh]

Figured i would ask one more time.anyone know how to set up a webcam for more than one user to see. i want it up all day on my ftp site for anyone to check out,

[tj2001]

I'm currently at work, but when I get home I could assist you with setting up Evocam to "stream" to a website. Not quite sure what you mean when you say FTP?? Just let me know if you want to set it up via web site style :)

[morgansh]

that sounds great!! yes!!

[tj2001]

My iChat SN is TJKingofSex and you can message me if you want to... that way it will be easier :)

[plasticparadox]

nice screen name... ;)

[tj2001]

Originally posted by plasticparadox
nice screen name... ;)

:p It was picked fast I'm going to change it one day to something a little more creative :p

[Jaded]

Originally posted by tj2001
:p It was picked fast I'm going to change it one day to something a little more creative :p

How about something a little more REALISTIC? :D

[morgansh]

while i would really like the help, i would prefer not to do it on i chat as i couldnt sit and do it in real time with you.

[tj2001]

Ok then I'll just post it here:

If you create the web page your self you will need this:

<APPLET CODEBASE="http://YOURODMAINHERE.COM:8080" ARCHIVE="evocam.jar" CODE="com.evological.evocam.class" WIDTH="161" HEIGHT="192">
<PARAM NAME="image" VALUE="webcam.jpg">
<PARAM NAME="refresh" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="type" VALUE="simple">
<PARAM NAME="archive" VALUE="evocam.jar">
</APPLET>"

This calls the applet from Evocam. Keep in mind... that this all can be hosted on a real server but that applets domain just has to point on to your computer. So Evocam has to be running for the cam to work. Not sure if you have a full network, but port 8080 will have to point to the computer running Evocam. That is basically it... also here is a snap from Evocam for how I had it set.

The rest of the settings are tweaks and/or toys... I hope this was clear and got ya going in the right direction :) If you have any further questions please ask :)

[tj2001]

Here is the file...