CuitzeoCam

[guidofatherof5]

This is getting a little weird.

[Stefan-A]

The forum's voyeurs are crawling out of the woodwork...

Everybody loves a good train wreck.

[ConcinusMan]

I bought an IP webcam last week, which I had planned to use an a video baby monitor when Joseph arrives in August. Well, Joseph isn't here yet and a new gadget needs a good test.... So CuitzeoCam has been born.

I can't embed the stream in the forum, but you can click the below to see a stream of what the cam is pointing at right now:
Visit Chris and Char's CuitzeoCam
.... as I type it's pointed at Lacci on her platform, the bunch of string and leaves to the right are the "Thamock". Of course, by the time you look it may have changed.

Darnit. I missed this entirely. Too late now.

[ConcinusMan]

I'm a bit disappointed with the picture quality, maybe I need to get an HD IP webcam... for when the baby arrives.

You're going to need some seriously screaming fast upload speed for that. I don't know about over there, but here the FCC and all the ISP's significantly limit upload speed unless you pay a high premium for business class internet.

[chris-uk]

The camera is offline at the moment. I've not managed to get it setup since we moved house.

I'd have enough capacity to support an hd stream if I had an hd camera - we aren't talking about 1080p at 60fps, most likely I'd cut the refresh back to 15fps which significantly reduces bandwidth and is adequate for this sort of application.

[ConcinusMan]

I would think that 720p would be adequate. I don't see much difference between 720 and 1080 on this machine anyway. I only see a difference if it's displayed on the TV and even then, it's minimal difference. I set up a "critter cam" once when I was keeping chorus frogs.