IT guys: Embedding a webcam in an HTML page?

[motion]

I have a webcam here at the house (pointing at the mountain, you pervs) that I want to embed in my blog. I've scrounged around the Internets but can't come up with a way to do this. Anyone have any ideas on how this might be done?

[Icemaster]

Hmm.

I see my VOIP router when I click on your link.




Are you trying to attach the link or a picture that would refresh regularly?

[Porsche-O-Phile]

When I click on it it shows a couple of fat hairy naked dudes showering together. WTF?!?!

[Icemaster]

Your probably looking at your webcam.

[motion]

FU, Jeff.

Icemaster, its a live video feed from a wireless-G Dlink camera. I want to do something like this:

http://www.redlodge.com/2_webcam.asp?category=Webcam&catID=WEBCAM&sortID=WEBCAM

[motion]

OK, I think I'm figuring this out... this camera does not have a built-in web server, so it will only be viewable in my network. I have another DLINK around here somewhere with a built-in server, so it might be better. But the question is still the same, I guess.

[einreb]

Originally Posted by motion

FU, Jeff.

Icemaster, its a live video feed from a wireless-G Dlink camera. I want to do something like this:

http://www.redlodge.com/2_webcam.asp?category=Webcam&catID=WEBCAM&sortID=WEBCAM

I dont think thats a live feed. (edit: it just updates regularly) You want to stream live video? I just did one for a client thats similar to your example. The camera needs to have access to the net and then set to upload (ftp) files to your webserver location. most camers designed for that can do that upload. You set the ip location username/password for the FTP Site. Your website then references that file location for the pic source.

-Bernie

[Icemaster]

What your probably looking for is to send an image to your web page and have it refresh regularly - every 10 seconds or so rather than streaming...correct?

There's a couple off the shelf products that will upload a snapshot to the blog, and you can set the refresh rate through the web page IIRC.

Quick and dirty Google turned this up:

http://www.spanto.com/shareware/camupload.html

I'll have to go back and refresh myself (no pun intended...), it's been a while since I did this. Lemme look.

[motion]

OK, I found the camera with a built-in web server. It should be able to stream to the Internet without a host computer or an application, right? That's what the product page says:

http://www.dlink.com.sg/products/?pid=297

[einreb]

Originally Posted by motion

OK, I found the camera with a built-in web server. It should be able to stream to the Internet without a host computer or an application, right? That's what the product page says:

http://www.dlink.com.sg/products/?pid=297

that will do it.

[motion]

OK, I think this might work. Anyone see this?

http://www.animotion.com/stuff/webcam.htm

[id10t]

What OS? I've set up both live streaming and still images with Linux and various programs and some scripting. If you want to go live, check out Darwin Streaming Server (free and Free) and VLC (to capture, transcode, and pass to darwin, again Free and free). There are also various snapshot takers so you can take a snapshot every N minutes and auto upload to your webserver, and a cheesey way to do live video is use mjpegs, maybe with a java viewer....

Oh, and your java viewer, in your applet, you need to have an IP or DNS name that the outside world can resolve... (not your 192.168 address).

[stealthn]

Yes all you need is a web server/streaming video cam, just embed the URL in your blog but remember to create the the window size (in HTML) in the blog rather than just linking to in.

I didnt get to the Red Lodge MT Webcam; it took forever then was trying to load a Java applet, but never worked. Most "cheap" webcams can just be linked to, and use ASP.

Here's our vacation property being built: www.copperpointresort.ca/camera.asp

[KevinP73]

I've got an Axis Web cam with built in server here in the shop. It feeds live real time video to my site and it can be accessed via it's IPaddress. 75.17.186.222 or on my site at KevinP73.com It was pretty cheap $450.00, SloDave set it up and he made it look easy.

[slodave]

Hey Richard,

Fly me there and back and I'll set it up for you. It's been a long time since I've been to Red Lodge. Some good stories I could tell.

Dave

[motion]

Hahaha Dave, thanks for the offer

OK, I'm making a little progress. I have an applet that will work if I can get my config correct.



I identified my WAN IP address, but still need to open up my router's ports. There are 2:

Web Server and Transfer Image



I've dug around my router setup, but can't figure this one out. Any ideas? Plus, I AM worried about opening up ports and becoming more susceptible to hackers.

[motion]

I found the setting in my router config program to open the ports. It seems like they should be open, but when I test using this page:

http://www.webcamsoft.com/ddns/chkport.aspx

It says they're still blocked