Saturday, 15 July 2006
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| Web Cam Monitor Solution: Expert Advice Needed! Fitzwilliam Darcy 19:39:20 |
| | I would like to remotely monitor my ailing mother in her home using
three web cams. This will allow me and my brothers to check on her
periodically throughout the day.
I really need a cost effective solution for this.
I think we need:
a. 3 web cams (for placement around the house)
b. a computer connected to a cable modem
c. a router to connect computers and web cams
Wireless would be the best bet I imagine? Can someone recommend brands
and the rest of the components we need? What software would broadcast
the images on to the web for us to access?
Simple and inexpensive would be wonderful.
Thank you!
p.s. optionally, it would be great if we could hear her or even be able
to talk to her voice but this is not a requirement.
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| ATI HDTV Wonder card can capture HDTV pictures in 1080i or 1080p and print out as photos? Guest 19:02:57 |
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seems like the ATI Wonder HDTV card for PC can capture photos in 1080i?
so in fact we can capture nice pictures of scenery or some world cup
soccer snapshots from
HDTV and then send it to shutterfly or yahoo photo to print it out in 4
x 6 photos. with the resolution
of 1920 x 1080, it probably will print out quite nicely... just except
that unless there is
interlace problem.
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| in need of UCam-NE850 drivers for Win XP AryanD 11:16:11 |
| | Hi,
I have a USB webcam. I plug it in, windows says it can not find the
apporiate drivers. I have tried to look for these drivers everywhere
and no luck.
The camera is a UCAM-NE850 model
same as
http://www.amamax.com/ucamne850bk.html
anyone know if there is any generic drivers or anything?
Thanks in advance,
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Friday, 14 July 2006
Thursday, 13 July 2006
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| Re: USDTV in Bankruptcy...full article Weekend Guru 19:33:57 |
| | If you have trouble with the link...here's the article:
USDTV Files for Bankruptcy By Mike Farrell, STAFF
(Multichannel News) _ Fledgling wireless-cable-television-service provider
U.S. Digital Television, which offered 30 channels of basic-cable TV for
just $19.95 per month, threw in the towel last week, filing for Chapter 7
liquidation bankruptcy.
USDTV, based in Draper, Utah, used digital-broadcast spectrum to beam its
signals to homes in Dallas; Salt Lake City; Albuquerque, N.M..; and Las
Vegas. The company has said that it has about 16,000 subscribers.
USDTV targeted "cable-never" homes -- consumers who had never had cable or
satellite television -- and cable or direct-broadcast satellite subscribers
upset over paying for channels they never watched.
The company leased digital spectrum from television stations in the markets
it targeted and sold the service through Wal-Mart Stores locations, select
dealers and via the Internet and telephone orders.
According to its Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, filed July 6 in U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, USDTV listed estimated assets of $1
million-$10 million and estimated debts of $10 million-$50 million.
A Chapter 7 bankruptcy is essentially a liquidation. Unlike a Chapter 11
bankruptcy -- which keeps creditors off the bankrupt company's back as it
assembles a reorganization plan -- a Chapter 7 liquidation is usually an
orderly sale of all of a company's assets.
According to TVNewsday.com (www.tvnewsday.com), USDTV CEO Steve Lindsley
said the company is in discussions to possibly sell the assets to a
third-party investment group. Although he would not name that group, he said
USDTV is still providing service and is in discussions with the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court Trustee to continue to provide service in order to help
facilitate a sale.
USDTV has struggled since its inception in 2003, but in 2005, it got a
much-needed capital infusion when a handful of TV-station groups -- Fox
Television Group, Hearst-Argyle Television, LIN TV, McGraw-Hill
Broadcasting, Morgan Murphy Stations and Telecom DTV -- agreed to invest a
combined $26 million in the company.
Copyright The Associated Press 2006. All Rights Reserved
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| PowerPoint at start of home-movie Frank 10:04:46 |
| | I've did a 6 slide presentation using PowerPoint and I intend to use it as a
logo at the start of all my kid's home-movies. When you perform the slides
as a slide show it's quite a good logo effect.
The problem I've got is how to gain access to the motion so that I can place
it in front of all the movies after I've edited them and prior to burning
back to DVD.
Hoping there's someone out there that can help me.
Yours,
Frank.
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| ATI Wonder can capture 1080i or 1080p? Guest 00:19:02 |
| | so the world cup just ended... and i forgot i could have installed the
ATI HDTV Wonder and then capture some photos from the program... or is
the image strictly done on the overlay and cannot be captured? I
wonder if the capture is done in 1080i, then there might be some
interlace... otherwise, 720p is already quite good.
(surprised to find out my local ABC broadcast of the world cup is 720p,
while my comcast cable will show ABC's world cup in 1080i)
for some video files, seems like i can just set the "overlap" to off,
and then press PrintScreen (PrtScn) on the keyboard and then the image
will be captured. Also, if the overlay cannot be turned off, I can
start another player such as Windows Media player and set it to use the
overlay first, and run the other video player. Since the graphics card
only has one overlay, the second player is forced to use the
non-overlay display and therefore will let the PrintScreen button work.
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Tuesday, 11 July 2006
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| Lowepro case for canon S80 Noman 14:06:47 |
| | I had a really snug fitting Lowepro D-Res 8S Pouch case for my Fuji F601 but
now I've upgraded to a Canon PowerShot S80 the case no longer holds the
camera as well.
What case do you use for your S80, bearing in mind I really would like a
Lowepro case again?
Thanks in advance.
Noman
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| Simultaneous FTP and Streaming. Gregory Johnston 01:27:30 |
| | Is there a script that can capture a single jpg on a web page from a stream?
I have three webcams and want to place their latest still on a webpage with
links to their live streams. I experimented with a number of software
programs that do both ftp and streaming media but have never been satisfied
with the results.
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Monday, 10 July 2006
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| Olympus loosing date/time when changing batteries Jcs 23:05:37 |
| | My Olympus C-750 is loosing the date/time when I change batteries, even if
it the batteries are out for only 5 seconds.
I can't find instructions on replacing the battery or capacitor that is
supposed to hold that information during the no-battery time.
Any help appreciated.
J
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| See Demos of Trackerpods and get them Cheap Guest 21:27:58 |
| | Please take some time to visit our streaming and robotic camera demos.
We have set up a number of streaming webcams as well as robotic cameras
you can control over the internet through your web browser.
We are demonstrating and testing various software and hardware packages
and devices and will tell you where you can purchase the items used in
these demonstrations so you can stream a robotic camera like the pros.
We are currently running tests of the TrackerPod and TrackerCam robotic
camera mount and software.
Check it out at http://www.UncleSamsCams.com
Most of our cams require good old VM from Microsoft, if you need to
install it that is no problem, you can download Virtual Machine at:
www.UncleSamsCams.com/assets/WindowsXPVirtualMachine.zip
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| Which Comes First? Hi Ho Silver 18:42:36 |
| | I have existing standard TV with reception via DISH satellite. I am going
to buy an HDTV and upgrade the DISH satellite package to HD. So..which
should come first: should I have the DISH HD reception ready when the HDTV
is delivered?...or should I have the HDTV in place when the DISH people come
out to set up the HD reception?
Thanks
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| MACRO SHOTS QUESTION Talal Itani 04:52:39 |
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Why is it, that a Digital Point and Shoot can take Macro Shots, yet a
Digital SLR requires a Macro Lens in order to take Macro Shots?
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Sunday, 9 July 2006
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| Try this - auctions on dcameras Guest 16:45:43 |
| | Hi there,
All stuff related to dcameras can be found cheaper on auction sites.
Find out how, tips, tricks and links to the most popular auction sites on:
http://auctions.woohoow.net
Good luck!
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| multiple camera control Mehmet Bilgin 14:28:23 |
| | i will have approximately 15 wireless camera.
i want to write an application that views this cameras.
i mean forexample when i want to see the images from camera, i push a
button
from my application and i ses the images from camera1.
when i want to see from camera5, i push the camera5 button and i will
see the images from camera five.
maybe at some time i want to see images from 2 cameras at the same
time.
is it possible? if yes what i need to know?
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Saturday, 8 July 2006
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| Why ZLR? Talal Itani 23:14:19 |
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I am in the market for a digital camera, to be used for close-up still
shots. In general, does a ZLR produce better pictures than an P&S? Are the
optics better in a ZLR? Is the sensor better? I understand that ZLRs can
do much zooming, something I do not need, I will use the camera only in the
macro mode. Please let me know the merits of a ZLR over a P&S. Thank you.
T.I.
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| Casio EX-Z500 problem with USB2.0 ?? Andrew 22:45:57 |
| | I recently bought an EX-Z500 and what a great little camera. But it will
NOT download the pictures at USB2.0. It only works very slow (about
USB1.1 rates) with the provided cradle. Everything else on the PC works
fine through USB2.0, i have tried other USB2.0 ports and still cannot
get it to work at USB2.0. I e-mailes Casio help and they didn't know
what it was and said to send them the camera back (which i refuse to do
since it's only 3 days old !!). I have even tried a different USB cable
with no joy.
The rates at which it downloads at is about 0.9mb / second, my other
cameras download at 3 to 4 mb / sec and considering the card in this
camera is a 2Gb card, it takes a heck of a long time to download !!
Please help ! - Any ideas what i could do here ??
I am using Win XP Pro (SP1), 720RAM, 1.8GHz.
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| Weston Master V Light Meter Nat 02:49:22 |
| | Yup...a VERY old light meter. I need a case for it. The case that came with
it is evidently for an older model as it lack the little 'door' in back so
the light-sensing element can 'see'.
Does any one have an idea where I can get the right case for a Weston Master
V meter?
Nat
Oxford, AR
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Friday, 7 July 2006
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| public outdoor webcams Mitcheroo 13:11:22 |
| | Just how big a "thing" on the 'net are outdoor webcams? (Especially
"PTZ" cams?)
There are a number of webcams I visit regularly. It's like a kind of
tourism-by-remote. The high-resolution PTZ cams are of course the
best, but those are few and far between. Livewave had for a few years
an incredible installation atop the Hyatt in Newport, R.I., by the
Narragansett, but public web access was removed a couple of years ago.
I wonder about the commercial possibilities of web access to
good-quality PTZ viewing. I also understand that there are serious
privacy issues.
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| TV and Mobile Phone TV K . B . 10:11:58 |
| | <http://televisionbroadcast.com/articles/article_1337.shtml>
A version of the popular TV series 24 sought to deal with
some of those problems. Each one-minute episode was filled
with close-ups, extra-large bullet holes, extra-loud sound
effects and extra blood.
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Kirk Bayne
alt.video.digital-tv Home Page
<http://www.geocities.com/lislislislis/avdtv.htm>
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| Viable Mobile TV Options K . B . 10:05:41 |
| | <http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=1777>
There is a "strong chance", says the paper, that mobile
phone users will not spend significant amounts on mobile TV
and radio services, or indeed video-on-demand and other
broadcasting options.
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Kirk Bayne
alt.video.digital-tv Home Page
<http://www.geocities.com/lislislislis/avdtv.htm>
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| storage ideas? Roscoe James 09:37:32 |
| | I have a Nikon D50 which I love and a Lexar 1.0 gig 133X memory card. I am
going on a three week vacation during which I'll be taking many pictures. I
was going to get a few more memory cards but even though the price of memory
has dropped I am still thinking of something along the lines of a 30 gig
Ipod by Apple or a Gigabeat by Toshiba. That way I can store my pictures and
also use it as a mp3 player. Any thoughts or suggestions regarding these
units or any others like Creative, etc. or even digital wallets that are
meant only for picture storage?
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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| Inexpensive camera Bob L 00:51:59 |
| | My wife wants an inexpensive, easy-to-use, digital camera. In Best Buy I've
looked at the Fuji A400 and the Kodak C330 which each sells for $129. I'm
leaning toward the Kodak as it looks to be the easiest to use.
Any comments on which camera is best between these two?
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Thursday, 6 July 2006
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| ATI Wonder can record 1080i or 1080p? Guest 23:40:05 |
| | For the ATI All in Wonder HDTV card for PC, some reviewers claim that
you can record the HDTV, but only in 720 or 480 lines of resolution?
I wonder if someone has the card and can record HDTV in 1080
resolution? When it is recorded, is the file in .mpg format (mpeg2)?
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| Serial port memory card reader/writer? See My Sig 4 Addr 12:38:33 |
| | Do these exist?
Would be nice for using old laptop as offload for digicam "in the field".
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