Any webcam that you can use in, for example, Google talk, Live messenger, Yahoo messenger, etc, will work with Yawcam
On Sep 18, 1:52 pm, Alan Avery <[email protected]> wrote: > This sounds like a great piece of software but can this be used with a built > in webcam like on a laptop? > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:37 AM, The KwikOne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Usually if the camera connects directly to the computer (and not > > network/lan connected) it is the software that sets the frame rate. I > > do not know that any of them have a specific name for the camera since > > they all should have adjustible rates. The major difference for all > > the cameras is how fast or slow a frame rate the camera is capable of. > > As for the software to capture the images usually there is software of > > some type that comes with the camera. But if you want to (for example) > > have the camera accessible via the internet there is a nice piece of > > free software which I personally use - it is Yawcam (go towww.yawcam.com > > ). > > It will continuous stream to the internet, has a scheduler, can also > > do motion frame captures, ftp captured frames to the internet and etc. > > And I think motion detection is more what you want in your situation. > > Yawcam could do it (the features putting to the internet and etc. do > > not have to be utilized). > > Now, as to frame rates, the higher the frame rate the more disk space > > will be needed. One camera I have takes about 1.5-2.5GB every 15 > > minutes at 6 frames a second to an .avi file. > > > On Jul 28, 11:13 pm, Sean <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey Mohammad, > > > > Thanks for the updates. Would you mind letting know if these > > > expensive LAN camera comes with adjustble Video Frame (like adjust > > > down to 1 fps), or if the image capturing can be set to run > > > continuously at an adjustable timing, like 1 picture/second? > > > > By the way, what's the technical terms for these "adjustables"? > > > Adjustable Frame Rate? Adjustable Picture Rate? > > > > Thanks > > > Sean --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
