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People... :-/
Saw SSE write about someone trying to pull cords out of his computer with his rovio, driving into his feet on purpose, and i am wondering.. Whats so f ..
I can't answer that except to say there are a lot of idiots on the Internet. I get a lot of them too. I get 2 main varieties: the ones that like to fl..
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06/30/2009 - 05:25 AM
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MelvinG
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WowWee Rovio
I was just at my local discount store it had this Wireless Robot Webcam with docking station on sale. Looks very interesting to me. It can stream vid ..
I did a quick read on the WowWee Rovio User Manual and API specs. Looks like Rovio works via Wireless Network connection using on board Web Server t..
My local BJs had this $300 List Price Wireless Robot Webcam on sale for $130 so I had to pick one up. I was hoping to be able to get at its file syst..
I also picked up one of those. Will see when I find time to write a plugin for it. Or do you have any programming experience, John?..
John, the Rovio Plugin is now available...
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06/24/2009 - 09:10 PM
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sse
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Motion detection scheduler
Hello,
Is it possible to have a scheduler for motion detection ?
I'd like to have a scheduler in order to start motion detection in an automatic way ..
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LucO
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04/24/2009 - 05:34 PM
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LucO
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Using Camera and TV Tuner at the same time?
Product is fantastic. Working great for months. I see there is support for a TV Tuner. Just taking time today to see what its about. I have a Tuner on ..
Hello Bill
for now you can only use one video capture device: the Orbit or the TV tuner.
Multiple capture devices will be supported some time in the ..
Hi
I connect my camera (Bosch CCTV Cam W/3-8 mm Varifocal Lenses) via a Phillips TV Tuner I got imterested on the comment above ´Cause it would be ..
Chances are good that the Tuner Card hardware can not do what you want. I am not familiar with your exact Tuner Card. But all the ones I have seen use..
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04/21/2009 - 10:18 AM
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MelvinG
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save images
Hi All, is it possible to monitor with audio alert but not save the images untill required? because this detection is so sensitive on any setting and ..
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03/25/2009 - 10:24 AM
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motion detection
HI Folks,can anyone help... I want to use AbelCam as a security-motion cam, mainly over night,about 8 hours do I need a pro licence for this as it wil ..
Here's a page with info on the different kinds of licenses:
AbelCam License Types
To answer your question, a Pro license is needed to eliminate the ..
Hello MelvinG, thanks for your reply...that does answer my question, I am pleased with AbelCam and the detection with Ver 3.0.1 is good infact a bit t..
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03/24/2009 - 01:01 PM
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Recommend a webcam
Can anyone recommend a good webcam? My little cheapie doesn't record very clearly. Go easy on the price.
Thanks ..
I hate to say this (because I do not like the Logitech company) but I'm getting the best quality video out of my Logitech cams. If you need Pan/Tilt t..
I like the idea of a "inexpensive video capture card". I have a very expensive camcorder. I know I can get extremely good videos with it.
This is my ..
If you are willing to tie up your camcorder on this project then that's probably the way to go. How exactly you do it depends a lot on your particular..
I have a really good RCA camcorder. It will actually sit next to my computer when I get it setup. I just bought a USB capture adapter for $15 on eBay...
That sounds like it'll work. In my experience USB capture devices use more CPU than their PCI slot relatives, but if you are only going to have this s..
I messed up, so I'll ry to start over.
I didn't know there was a version 3. I'm downloading it now. I'll let you know how things turn out.
I just in..
Short answer: that error is unimportant - just hit Ignore.
The installer is either thinking a) it has inadequate security permissions to do what it w..
Thank you.
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You're welcome.
Forgot to put this in my previous post:
In the interest of getting this fixed, it would be helpful if you - and any others experienc..
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02/09/2009 - 04:20 AM
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MelvinG
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VLAN Experiences, Anyone??
Has anyone experimented with using the VLC Media Player (from videolan.org) to watch the MJPG stream produced by AbelCam? If so, I would be interested ..
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MelvinG
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05/17/2008 - 12:22 PM
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MelvinG
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PHP
I am a newbie to Abelcam.
I have been running PHP with my webserver (IIS) and using rotator.php to change the images on my home page. After installin ..
Did you replace your old php.ini with the sample php.ini (called c-php-php.ini) that came with AbelCam? If you did, you probably lost something in php..
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05/17/2008 - 08:23 AM
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MelvinG
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FTP images disappear
I've set up FTP to place my image as filename cam.jpg.
It uploads OK, but the file disappears from the server. it seems to disappear on teh timeout (6 ..
Since you've set it up to overwrite the file on every upload then technically yes, it can delete the file it uploaded. The FTP server's actually doing..
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04/20/2008 - 03:26 PM
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MelvinG
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Website brush up
As you may have noticed, I changed the style sheet for this website quite a bit.
If you find bugs or have other comments, let me know. ..
I think it looks nice - now that I've gotten used to it.
I've seen one small bug: in the rotating "Opinions" there is one that breaks the lefthand ..
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03/26/2008 - 10:51 AM
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MelvinG
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greetings!!
I am curious as to why I am crashing when I try and enable the video server...
Here is what it logged.
and so on...lots of it too..
2005\Projects\Lo ..
the beginning of this looks like my own log - did it make it into the installer?
You probably did not have AbelCam running in January - did you?
To..
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10/26/2007 - 08:30 AM
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sse
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I want to create a slow frame rate video recording
I am trying to get a slow frame rate video recording using ABELCAM. At the moment I can make a still every 1 sec or so, and that is good, but it uses ..
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10/26/2007 - 04:36 AM
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xPL for AbelCam?
doing some research for X10 interaction, I dropped on the xPL Project Page
"xPL is a unified protocol to allow the control and monitoring of all devi ..
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10/25/2007 - 12:33 PM
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sse
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Cam Passwords
Hi there i know there is an password system in the software but i would like to see an thing so we can have an password for each web cam we have on li ..
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07/01/2007 - 02:58 AM
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Peter
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Orbit MP / outdoor use / fixed focus / FOV
Hi
I wish to be sure about how this camera works for outdoor pics capturing?
I talking about working in bright light, and, it doesn't have focus - s ..
I wish to be sure about how this camera works for outdoor pics capturing?
My OrbitMP handles bright lighting very well. It's dim lighting that caus..
Thanks for answering!
We plan to put it behind a window, in shadow.
40-45 mm lens of 35mm SLR is about <50°.
If somebody post links to pictures..
Pictures by the Logitech Orbit (aka Sphere)
There's also a Interface with Light Switch so you can test different lighting conditions...
THX!
We will buy it...and your software later.....
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06/30/2007 - 01:22 PM
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Configuration of Brightness/contrast etc
Hello,
I have a logitech Orbit (or sphere or whatever) and would like to have two different confiurations (one for day one for night). The easiest w ..
It's all in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}\xxxx\Settings
where "xxxx..
Crikey. Sounds complicated.
Thanks for the location, I will take a look there and see if I can find it.
Didn't think about getting the registry set..
Ah, just noticed, the fact that they call it LVUVC_Brighness rather than LVUVC_Brightness is probably one reason why I couldn't find it ..
Maybe I was thinking too complicated. Scheduling a reboot (or maybe just a shutdown + re-start of AbelCam - not sure) would take care of the reloading..
From GregH:
Ah, just noticed, the fact that they call it LVUVC_Brighness rather than LVUVC_Brightness is probably one reason why I couldn't find it
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Well, I am getting somewhere with this.
I have several scheduled tasks, which basically do the following:
Abelmorning.bat
net stop abelservice
rege..
Just a bit more info, a reboot after applying the new registry values, but before restarting the service seems to sort things out.. ..
Given that last bit about the reboot, I'm pretty sure that the Logitech driver is writing out its "last given" config to the registry when it's "awake..
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06/22/2007 - 03:53 AM
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MelvinG
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Where is the "Motion trigger" value stored?
Hello,
I would like to change the motion trigger level via command line (either editing a file or registry setting), but can't find where it is stor ..
If you want the trigger level for Local Save, it's in localsave.xml.
If you want the trigger level for FTP Upload, it's in ftp.xml.
Every camera has..
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06/10/2007 - 05:20 AM
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MelvinG
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Local save stopped working as a service
Hello,
When running Abelcam 2.1.1 in the foregound, it captures images (and the redlight is on the camera). When run as a service, it doesn't (and t ..
Hello Greg,
configure the service to run visible (see Help) and play around with the settings when AbelCam is running as a service...
Thanks, will give it a go...
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GregH
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06/10/2007 - 12:04 AM
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GregH
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Audio stream
I am new to a webcam (video streaming) and would like to find out, which camera will work best with this software, my preferences are to be able to su ..
Hello Vadim
The Logitech Orbit works fine with this software. If you don't need TPZ, you may choose something else.
Audio only is not possible, but ..
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06/07/2007 - 11:37 AM
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sse
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