I run an IP based webcam on my network at home, with its own built in webserver. It creates a streaming image, and (I believe) uses ActiveX to display in a browser window.
I can call up the page using my MDA Pro, and Pocket IE, but the frame containing the image doesn't load - so I can configure the camera etc etc, but can't see any output.
It would be VERY helpful to be able to view... does anyone know of any way to get it working?
Using webcam.. try windows media encoder
Hi,
Try this, download windows media encoder (free from MS) , then choose to stream your webcam, it will ask you for port no etc (just choose 80 if you can) then you should be able to connect by typing mms://(your ip) (port) into windows media player on exec and voila.. or I have set my server as a media sever and view videos Ive made on my exec.. its pretty cool.. same principal (sort of)... 8)
Thanks for that, however I'm not running a webcam attached to a PC - its an IP Network Camera (has its own WiFi connection direct to my router) which has its own built-in webserver - so its totally standalone.
I *think* it should also deliver as a java page for devices which don't support the ActiveX control, but I can't seem to toggle that either.
I did hope to simply open the URL in Pocket IE or WM10 on the MDA Pro and simply have it work. It doesn't...
Just wanted to bump this thread up - I'm hoping to do this too to keep an eye on an increasingly mobile baby and save us from having to run back and forth to check how far she's gotten this time!
Perhaps you could provide us with some info on the camera..
What type is it?
Re: Using webcam.. try windows media encoder
mcse17 said:
Hi,
Try this, download windows media encoder (free from MS) , then choose to stream your webcam, it will ask you for port no etc (just choose 80 if you can) then you should be able to connect by typing mms://(your ip) (port) into windows media player on exec and voila.. or I have set my server as a media sever and view videos Ive made on my exec.. its pretty cool.. same principal (sort of)... 8)
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Hi
it works but on PC and not on my JJ...
why?
:wink:
the camera stream is accessed via javascript and unfortuantly pocket IE does not support javascript. Other browsers do, like thunderhawk, but it does not seem to work correctly on jasjar/mda pro.
I use Axis IP Cameras, and Video servers, and a program on my XDA exec by axis to view my cameras, Its excellent been useing it for ages, i can even control the PTZ cameras i have
You can pick up Axis 2100 cameras on ebay for £80, I have used other types of IP cameras, But if you just wont it to work everytime never crash like a PC with a web cam attched, get some Axis stuf
I dont work for axis or anything but i have learned the hard way, Get axis stuf it works..........
John
My camera is a Gadspot (http://www.vcenter.net) - its the NC-1000, and its mounted at the bottom of my smallish garden in my huge dog kennel, so I can watch my doggies sleeping while I'm at work
I guess my other option is to use some camera software on a PC to capture the stream from the camera and re-distribute it - but I just wanted to be able to connect directly, and was hoping some software on the Universal would be able to display what is essentially quite a simple thing...
applecom said:
I use Axis IP Cameras, and Video servers, and a program on my XDA exec by axis to view my cameras, Its excellent been useing it for ages, i can even control the PTZ cameras i have
You can pick up Axis 2100 cameras on ebay for £80, I have used other types of IP cameras, But if you just wont it to work everytime never crash like a PC with a web cam attched, get some Axis stuf
I dont work for axis or anything but i have learned the hard way, Get axis stuf it works..........
John
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what is PTZ?
what is the name of the sw you use to connect to your camera that runs on PPC? whic resolution is truly useable?
thanks for your answer
Isn't there any possibility to create the actual picture as a *.jpg every one or more seconds and serve that as a Port 80-Server?
Most webcams do that and in the java(script)-code is the adress of that *.jpg!
You have to put the adress in the PIE and if you want to see a new picture you renew the page.
That works on most webcams i know.
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Isn't there any possibility to create the actual picture as a *.jpg every one or more seconds and serve that as a Port 80-Server?
Most webcams do that and in the java(script)-code is the adress of that *.jpg!
You have to put the adress in the PIE and if you want to see a new picture you renew the page.
That works on most webcams i know.
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Any ideas what the .jpg image would be called?
timetex said:
My camera is a Gadspot (http://www.vcenter.net) - its the NC-1000...
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I think you can do that with the Exec!
Technical Description of NC-1000
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>Motion Detection Supports Upload Images to FTP & EMAIL
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> Remote Record and Snapshot Control on Web
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-Compression: JPEG Image, MJPEG Video
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System Requirements
-Operation system: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Linux, Mac
-Browser: Microsoft IE5.x, 6.x or above, or Netscape
Navigator 5.x or above
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You can get snapshots this way for shure!
I found it
Thanks couchpotato.
http://<camera.address>/Jpeg/CamImg.jpg
(which gives a single image)
http://<camera.address>/GetData.cgi
(which supposedly gives me a stream... but doesn't)
But at least the single image bit works for now. If I could find a way to get the page in IE to autorefresh (like Opera on the PC can be triggered to autoreload a page every x seconds / minutes) then this would certainly do the trick
I went thru half of it.. working ok..
web cam
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web cam
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What does this software do? FTP output of the pocket PC to an FTP site?
Doh...
Of course that's what it does.
It works OK
http://www.timetex.plus.com/webcamimage.jpg
(that's using the small cam on the front, rather than the main 1.3mp cam)
However, its not releasing from the stored shot and going back to the preview, so it needs manual intervention to keep sending the images up...
I'll see if I can tweak it
Have a look at www.axis.com, software and then ACE (axis camera explorer) download the PPC version ( works fine on Exec) there is a demo camera to look at.
I use it everyday here to view our cameras and video server, And i can control the PTZ pan / tilt /zoom as well
John
Re: Using webcam.. try windows media encoder
asci said:
mcse17 said:
Hi,
Try this, download windows media encoder (free from MS) , then choose to stream your webcam, it will ask you for port no etc (just choose 80 if you can) then you should be able to connect by typing mms://(your ip) (port) into windows media player on exec and voila.. or I have set my server as a media sever and view videos Ive made on my exec.. its pretty cool.. same principal (sort of)... 8)
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Hi
it works but on PC and not on my JJ...
why?
:wink:
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WHEN YOU GOTO MEDIA PLAYER ON PPC THEN GOTO OPEN URL - THEN TYPE MMS://YOUR IP ... THIS SHOULD WORK NO PROBLEM.. IVE BEEN USING IT FOR A WHILE NOW..
I have port 1010 open on my machine, running Windows Media encoder and running a webcam stream from my machine.
My IP address is paired with www.dyndns.org, but I still can't get access to the stream from WME10 on my Exec using the following:
mms://www.URLname.com:1010
When I open the URL, I get:
"Cannot find the file. The file might have been removed, renamed or deleted. If the file is stored on a server or a removable storage card, the server might not be available."
Anyone got any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
I've heard that there's a way to watch my web cam in the PPC, using ORB.
I've got ORB, but couldn't find a way doing that.
Will appreciate any help..
Make sure you have the latest version of Orb downloaded. I'd also check to make sure that your camera is being shown as an input device in your control panel under scanners and cameras. Then the GUI is pretty self explanatory for setting it up on your Orb server. You will have to create a username/password to log onto your Orb server from your phone. Basically you will just have to log onto orb.com after setting up your server and it will show a link for the webcam. Click on it and it will open up your default media player. You might want to connect via wifi. GPRS will be choppy and slow.
Edit - If you are having trouble finding it after you log in, Orb has it under the TV tab for some reason and it doesn't have its own tab...
thanks, all i needed was the EDIT part about the TV, i was looking for Camera tag.
I have the TyTN and would like to stream video and audio but suspect I need a program designed to do that (?) I have pocketv and tcpmp -- can someone tell me what I need to do?
Thanks!
I am using a slingbox and their wm5 player. This will allow you to watch live TV or any other video source connected to the slingbox.
the cost is about 150 for the box and 30 for the software, but it is awesome!
I can watch live tv (and able to change the channel) on the train ride home.
http://www.slingmedia.com/
Hi
Also you can give ORB a try. ORB is free and it works fine for me.
www.orb.com
BR
Daniel
The the free version at http://www.umediaserver.net/.
It's very good and with a fixed IP you can watch and change TV channels anywhere.
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Also you can give ORB a try. ORB is free and it works fine for me.
www.orb.com
BR
Daniel
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can u elaborate on how this exactly works and what i need to do before i go screwing up my tytn. thanks!!!
You register at www.orb.com and configure your computer with the program/webpage. Then point Pocket IE to www.orb.com and use it. It's very basic and easy, and doesn't harm your TyTN.
I tried to set up a stream on my LAN using VLC. Other computers may view and hear the stream using WMP, but Pocket WMP refuses to play it because "The parameter was not set correctly" (or something like that). Anyone know what's wrong?
With Unreal Media Server server you need a tv card in your pc.
I have an old Pinnacle RAVE TV card in my PC. I've installed Umedia server on my PC and set this up to capture and stream the tv card. I can watch decent quality TV from anywhere in the house using the free Umedia player. I also have a fixed IP address from my ISP. Having unblocked the relevant firewall port, I can also watch TV via 3G connection, albiet at reduced quality because of the lower bandwidth available.
There is a PC and Pocket PC client player available from http://www.umediaserver.net/download.html. The Pocket PC client is all that is needed on your TyTN.
This is a useful document http://www.umediaserver.net/StreamingAdvices.pdf. HTML version available at http://www.umediaserver.net/source.html.
Has anyone got an idea how to use one pocketpc to act as an webcam and stream the video to another pocketpc (Both wm5) over a wifi or gprs connection?
Been searching for a solution several weeks now.
Webcamplus (ateksoft) almost does the job. It can stream from a pocketpc to any computer connected on the web, but can't seem to stream it to another pocketpc directly.
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www.comvu.com
Server there makes streaming possible
The comvu streamer encoder is nice, but the service is bloated and too expensive. The typical american/canadian $$$ ****. I'm trying to get things working with a current build of VLC for WinCE.
Actually the Ateksoft solution looks nice. If it is a standard streaming protocol it should be possible to play the stream with coreplayer or VLC for WinCE.
Update:
I had a closer look to both apps. Ateksoft WebcameraPlus sends full jpeg images to PC via TCP to port 2047. Framerate is around 1.5-2.5 fps. Not impressive.
The pocketvu executable includes all DLLs it needs and the core is made of VCTMID_CODEC.dll made by HTC. I think it is possible to reroute traffic directly to PC or Mobile device instead of to the Comvu server. I think it'll be possible to stream directly from the mobile to VLC or Coreplayer. Must do some sniffing to see if that's really feasible.
Nice work!
Will you keep me posted here?
We've been experimenting with comvu here, but connections are really unstable.
With sniffing you should try to find out whether it uses DNS to find the comvu host to send the stream to. If that is the case one can use DNS spoofing to reroute the traffic to your own host. Next thing to do is to find out what streaming protocol and which container is used. The easiest way to do that is to open the rerouted stream in VLC and try all stream formats (http, rtp, udp, ..). VLC will recognize the codecs automatically. If your lucky they don't use a proprietary protocol. Once you can open their stream it is easy to redistribute it to your clients. If you can sniff the traffic, it is also possible to find out what protocol and codecs they use by analyzing the packets. I don't have much time lately so if you don't wonna wait for me then hook up your wlan router and PC to a hub and install Wireshark on the PC and start sniffing. There are also sniffers running on your mobile device, might be a bit easier.
Im looking for the best software out there that will let me access any of my computers files via my Wing (Herald) on the go.
I know there were programs you can emulate your actual desktop with, I used to have one on my PSP. It literally remotely controlled my PC, something like this would be nice, but I basically want to have easy access of all my computers files on my Wing.
Can anyone suggest where to start?
You can try www.LogMeIn.com I have not tried it personally but heard that they recently announced their mobile version.
Regards,
Carty..
thats pretty neat, thats like the PSP one I had. You can control the desktop and such.
Although something im more interested in is using files on my PC on my phone. Like music. I'd like to be able to launch my computers music onto my phone. Same with pictures and everything else.
If you want to stream music, movies and documents from your PC, you should look into getting orb http://corp.orb.com/download_orb It can even stream live TV like a slingbox if you have a TV tuner on your video card, and it's totally free
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If you want to stream music, movies and documents from your PC, you should look into getting orb http://corp.orb.com/download_orb It can even stream live TV like a slingbox if you have a TV tuner on your video card, and it's totally free
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I concur. Orb is the winner in my book. No software needed to install on your PPC to hog precious space. And it just works great.
to get desktop access
one can also use therminal services which is included in wm
or vnc which is a very popular tool with support from windows , linux and mac and prob others