Live Beardie cam

[poop202034]

Does anyone do this, like on blogtv or ustream where you can stream live video. I did one of Rafael today and he pooped while it was happening! It made me laugh.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

There are 1 or 2 people on here who does it.

 

[Jiffy]

I do it so I can check on them if I go on vacation, but I dont have it up all the time, and dont have it where others can view it.
But I do check on them obsessively if I am not home!

 

[cyberdrone]

I do.
http://www.petdragon.info/media.cfm

Sad...i know.
But at times like this, when my little man isnt eating good... its a nice way to keep an eye on him throughout the day.

 

[FJM]

that's pretty awesome!

 

[kimmie]

That's pretty cool! I was thinking of hooking up one of my unused webcams so I could keep an eye on mine while I'm not home!

 

[cyberdrone]

Super simple to setup. If you want to know how, let me know.

you would need to have a dedicated computer to do it though. I am using an older P4 3.4 with Windows Home Server "Vail" (free, although in beta) and 2GB RAM

 

[kimmie]

Thanks, I think I have an old laptop around that's not being used. Not sure where to stream it to though. Thought of setting up Yahoo or something and view it thru that. My hubby did that with our video camera while our house was being built. That way I got to watch the workers while I was at work!

My only issue would be bandwidth. We use/have satellite ISP and they throttle you when you hit the limits!

 

[cyberdrone]

you dont have to stream at HD quality...and with your laptop, you may not be able to anyways. depends on how old of a laptop it is (processor power)

you should check out ustream.tv its a 100% free service. I was using it myself, until i got sick of the ads that popup over the video. my solution was to use the petdragon.info site to host the flash "player" while using my home bandwidth to distribute the content. which i could do from the site and just push the stream to the server.. w/e to many details probably.

I would sujgest though, reguardless of your processing power available, to look at getting a webcam with a built in encoder.
http://shop.skype.com/webcams/high-quality/iss-talk-7140/
or better
http://www.facevsion.com/en/modules/tinyd1/index.php?id=12

This will reduce the amount of processing your laptop will need to do and also reduce heat and power consumption as well.

there are MANY other webcams out there, but ALL rely on your processor to do the work.

Other webcams that i would recommend if you have the processing power,
Great 16:9 widescreen wide angle http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/digitalcommunication/productdetails.aspx?pid=008 I loved this cam and the quality it gave...Norbert decided to throw it in the sand and the camera stop focusing.
the one i currently have, only because of the mounting options:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/digitalcommunication/productdetails.aspx?pid=016 its fixed focus, so up close its not that great.

 

[cyberdrone]

also...bandwidth... streaming to ustream.tv will only require you to SEND data. They distribute it for you.
go to http://www.speedtest.net/ and see what your upload speed is. post back here and ill help you out.