Webcam
The term webcam is used by the authors to refer to any networked camera that displays an image over the web.
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The SecuritySpy That Doesn’t Love Me
Almost immediately after I posted my last entry on the trials and tribulations of an EvoCam on life support, the software crashed again. Fresh start, minimal other applications running, and poof. I cleaned up the mess, and then instructed my iMac to restart itself every Sunday at 1am.
If all goes as planned (stop laughing!), this will be enough to help keep EvoCam running between restarts. If not? Then the next step is increase the frequency of the reboots until I can set up the Mac Mini, and start all over on that machine.
Because, I am all out of options as far as out-of-the-box software after giving SecuritySpy a close look this weekend. The results, as always, were mixed.
Pros and Cons of Wide Dynamic Range
Recently I wrote about night vision and green screen, and I assumed that it was a trade off. It kind of is, but maybe not in the way I thought.
Every time I make a change to EvoCam or to the Hikvision settings, something new occurs. Not necessarily good or bad, just new. And times like this I am simply baffled.
Again, it’s time to look under the hood.
Options Are Always Nice
A few days ago I wrote about the new features I have added to the FarmCam. While writing the entry I stumbled upon actions settings in EvoCam that allowed me even more flexibility in the ways I share the views. However, I had a few concerns before I could decide if it would be a viable replacement for the current method.
My experiments in the last few days have resulted in mixed — but encouraging — results, and as promised I am sharing them with you.Read More »Options Are Always Nice
New Features for the FarmCam
In October my Australian cousin Peter, challenged me to create a different sort of time lapse. He wanted to see how the view would look at… Read More »New Features for the FarmCam
FarmCam Update – Dark Nights or Green Screens?
For years I have been frustrated by a nagging issue where the screen of the webcam goes green. Sometimes in flickers, and sometimes for long… Read More »FarmCam Update – Dark Nights or Green Screens?
Same Awesome View, New and Improved Camera, Features, and Process!
Ok, now that I got your attention.
I had planned to debut the new webcam on New Year’s Day, but I didn’t so much get bogged down with the adding of the new camera to the mix as much as with the details of the look of the website and the automation process. I wanted to get it as close to right as I could, and each time I would start to write something about some part of the process I would come up with a way to improve it. For the past week or so, I have been playing with the look of the site, checking that the Automator process is functioning as it should, and making sure the place is nice and tidy for any new visitors. It certainly isn’t perfect. Like everything else on this site it is “always a work in progress.”
Read More »Same Awesome View, New and Improved Camera, Features, and Process!