Ekona Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Oh dear god this thread has the possibility of going downhill very quickly, and I know no-one will believe my reasons for this but I'm going to ask anyway I've never streamed a webcam in my life. I have precisely zero idea how to do it, what I need, who to go with etc. Anyone have any idea or recommendations for me at all? Basically I want to set one up in the mancave to keep an eye on the cats and see how they interact during the day, and even a dumb always-on with no record or motion detection would do me I think (unless there's compelling reasons to go that route) as I'm quite happy just to drop in and drop out of the viewing during the day. It might be nice to set it to record when I leave the house and then stop it when I come home, if that's easy enough to do though. Quality doesn't have to be amazing, I'm guessing that 720p would be fine. Audio isn't needed right now, just video. Budget? Well, I guess I can go to about £50 for the cam but I'd ideally like to keep the software side free if possible. In terms of security I'd want to keep it so that people can't just view it unless I give them access, however I'd want to view from any browser. I don't have a static IP either, which I know makes life interesting. Any thoughts or ideas would be much appreciated. Quote
GMballistic Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 I can't help but am very sorry to hear you suspect your Mrs is cheating, ...hopefully you'll catch her in the act. 6 Quote
ZEUS Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 I can't help but am very sorry to hear you suspect your Mrs is cheating, ...hopefully you'll catch her in the act. Quote
ioneabee Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 as I understand it ........... there are some "interesting" websites that stream stuff all day and night long - might be worth doing some "research" on those but i would recommend clearing your browsing history afterwards ........... I mean, you don't want there to be any "mis-understanding" do you :lol: Quote
ZEUS Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 How about a wireless cctv camera? You can view over your phone from a free app. I have these on my house and they work well. Quote
Wayne370Z Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 You want to be able to see some pussy interaction from the comfort of your private room?.... 3 Quote
Ekona Posted December 22, 2015 Author Posted December 22, 2015 How about a wireless cctv camera? You can view over your phone from a free app. I have these on my house and they work well. If they're in budget, then that would work for me. What do you use? Quote
Ekona Posted December 22, 2015 Author Posted December 22, 2015 Also, b*llocks to the rest of you, but also thank you for not letting me down 4 Quote
ZEUS Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 This is pretty much the same as the ones I've got, very easy to set up and use. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sricam-Outdoor-CCTV-Network-Wireless-Wifi-IP-Camera-Waterproof-Security-System-/181596716799?hash=item2a4801feff 1 Quote
Stutopia Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Not sure this the right place to start a career, but hey ho. Have you thought of a screen name yet Tenner says it features the word rubber. Start with small objects and be hygienic PLEASE. Curiously I was chatting to mate in SF and she has a webcam and companion iPhone app which streams her living room so she can watch her dog during the day (or boyfriend when he forgets it is on and settles down with babestation). It has some sort of laser on it so you can "play" with the pet during the day. To be honest, it looked more like it pi**ed it off, but she seems to enjoy it You can even watch other people's if they allow it - crazy kids these days eh? Have you had a look in the App Store? PetCube seems to be a thing but there's others like iCam or Cam2Pet 1 Quote
Ekona Posted December 22, 2015 Author Posted December 22, 2015 Actually I'd not thought of looking in the app store, good call. Quote
Stutopia Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 The one she's got only does LIVE, not record. Quote
Ekona Posted December 22, 2015 Author Posted December 22, 2015 This is pretty much the same as the ones I've got, very easy to set up and use. http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2a4801feff Only VGA res though, which I think is going to be a little low for my tastes. Good shout though, now I know what to be searching for! Quote
Vlad Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 You can get a decent IP camera for around 80 quid, which you can watch/access 24/7 via your phone. I remember I was chatting to a guy from Choice security and he has one at his house. He paid £80 for his (that was like 1.5years ago) and showed to me on his phone - quality was good and works well for security reasons as well, as you can set it up for motion detection and once motion is detected it constantly takes pictures and sends them straight to your email. Quote
Vlad Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 This is pretty much the same as the ones I've got, very easy to set up and use. http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2a4801feff Only VGA res though, which I think is going to be a little low for my tastes. Good shout though, now I know what to be searching for! Oh yea...basically something like that...but may be with higher resolution Quote
planetsurfer2 Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 You could get a Rasberry PI 2, a decentUSB camera or two and install motionpie. https://github.com/ccrisan/motionPie/releases. Takes about 30 seconds to configure. Does everything you need. Quote
d95gas Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 For the sofware side you wont go wrong with "YawCam", its free and with a couple of clicks of a button you will be up and running immediately. You can then access the streamed video on any device simply by inputting the relevant IP address, I have been using YawCam for years for various little jobs and its never let me down. Works with most webcams and IP Cams. Quote
Grundy Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 Noob head. You have a NAS drive. IP cams. Simples. Quote
Ekona Posted December 23, 2015 Author Posted December 23, 2015 I don't know anything about these things So how does all this work without a static IP then? Quote
Stutopia Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 Dynamic DNS http://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/home-networking-explained-part-9-access-your-home-computer-remotely/ Quote
glrnet Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 If you're running Synology DSM on your NAS they have a piece of software called Surveillance to run IP cameras, I really don't believe you don't know about this stuff Dan Quote
Ekona Posted December 23, 2015 Author Posted December 23, 2015 I don't use Synology, it's not flexible enough for my needs so I use UnRAID for my NAS. I wouldn't want to run it on the NAS really either, as I'd prefer to keep that separate from this system. My desktop has a few spare disks in I can use for storage, should I want to record anything. Quote
glrnet Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 Fair enough, it suits my purposes and only noticed the camera thing this morning when I was having a bit of a file tidy up and remembered you had talked about NAS and networking the house when you moved in. 1 Quote
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