Underwater Web Cam
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Topic: Underwater Web Cam
Posted By: dmanshep
Subject: Underwater Web Cam
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 10:43am
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ok now that I got your attention I want to really geek out and put a webcam on my tank however I don't think I want to go run of the mill with a crapy cam where you can't make heads or tails of anything.. I really would like to mount some sort of underwater apparatus..
any ideas? |
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 10:50am
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How about mounting one (or two) in an acrylic box pointed straight down just below the surface? -------------  |
Posted By: dmanshep
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 12:50pm
| Great Idea ... why didn't I think of that hehe.. sometimes the answer is obvious.. |
Posted By: tom-
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 3:02pm
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try a wireless one.
------------- 120&125 mainly sps 801-897-2000 kearns, Ut Ryan |
Posted By: dmanshep
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 3:08pm
| I picked up a wireless webcam at lunch so fun to come :) |
Posted By: Ghetto Man
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 3:25pm
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That's going to be sweet. If you had a live feed to your tank, I could stare at my computer all day at work, and think of fishies. No wait, I do that now. |
Posted By: Rhine Lenhart
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 10:40pm
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no kidding. post aq link when that feed is up. ------------- 55 Gal Reef. 30 Gal Fuge. 957-9197 2007 presidency |
Posted By: Bob Kripfgans
Date Posted: October 19 2005 at 9:33am
You gotta love it! Great idea. I can see it now> WMAS live feeds>view several tanks in motion> I think this could be the cutting edge in reefing.  ------------- WMAS is da place! Save the Banggai's! Tooele,Ut. |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: November 30 2005 at 1:26pm
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Any progress? ------------- |
dmanshep wrote:Posted By: rfoote
Date Posted: November 30 2005 at 2:13pm
| http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=c%3DL_Product_C2%26cid%3D1115416829859&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper - http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2F Layout&packedargs=c%3DL_Product_C2%26cid%3D1115416829859 &pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper |
Posted By: dmanshep
Date Posted: November 30 2005 at 2:53pm
| y it's turned off today but i'll get it fired up and post the link |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: November 30 2005 at 3:15pm
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Cool, I'm looing forward to it. ------------- |
Posted By: Sand Bubbler
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 8:39am
| Is it up and running yet? |
Posted By: dmanshep
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 7:56pm
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Ok the cam is on .. it's not underwater but it's not bad.. go to http://www.dmanshep.com - My Tank Cam
Be patient it's on the first page but takes a few to get streamin it will show up just wait on that first page.. |
Posted By: shelldude
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 8:50pm
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SWEET! The big fish is dancing in the middle. lol. Do you have music playing with the video? It would be really cool to see your fish dancing like that to some funky tune! lol. My puter speakers don't work, so I'm not sure if there is sound. Anyhow, looks good and can't wait to seem more. ------------- Owner of 1 sad 55g |
Posted By: nick
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 10:10pm
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It's 9.00PM, what are your fish still doing up swimming around like the don't know it's time to go to bed. ------------- The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You. Hook'em Horns. |
Posted By: seti007
Date Posted: December 07 2005 at 5:20pm
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Wow, that's great. How did u manage to get the video so fluid. Mine never goes above 1 frame every 2 or so seconds. Can you please post the technical specs? what kind of an internet connection do u have? What software r u using and what camera? etc Thanks |
Posted By: pmpt
Date Posted: December 07 2005 at 6:57pm
| I'm loving it!!! Now I have a cool fish tank at work!! |
Posted By: Manofcichlids
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 11:06am
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It won't play in firefox but it will play in explorer...
------------- Fish keeping is healthy until the fish start talking back |
Posted By: seti007
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 11:35am
| I think thats because it needs native support for windows media player that explorer has. |
Posted By: Weimers
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 1:16pm
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Wow!! That is really neat. I love your clownfish!
------------- Renee and Damon Weimer Tankless in Hawaii |
Posted By: meterman
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 3:07pm
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Awesome!!! Your Six Line is all over the place! What are the camera specs? ------------- Alex |
Posted By: Manofcichlids
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 4:17pm
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Yeah, that clownfish loves the camera! You should have him audition for Finding Nemo 2
------------- Fish keeping is healthy until the fish start talking back |
Posted By: pmpt
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 4:59pm
| No joke, everytime I look the clown is staring back at me. |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 9:22pm
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Too cool I've got to get me one! ------------- |
Posted By: dmanshep
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 9:37pm
| Hehe thanks guys.. he is a clown :) it's just a higher end logitec webcam .. i have a pretty good internet connection so that helps |
Posted By: Spbeyond
Date Posted: December 10 2005 at 11:48am
| LOL I can see peoples reflections walking past. All of a sudden everything went bright and I was wondering If you has some sort of lights that changed during the day but then a person walked past in the back lol. What is that bright glowing purplish greenish stuff right in the middle? Is it hard to keep? Thanks |
Posted By: peregrinus
Date Posted: December 12 2005 at 9:55am
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what software are you using to stream the video? i have used a few but have not found a good one yet. ------------- In Clearfield Quantum mechanics the dreams stuff is made of. |
Posted By: dmanshep
Date Posted: December 12 2005 at 11:06am
| Windows Media Encoder |
Posted By: peregrinus
Date Posted: December 12 2005 at 11:50am
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i knew you could record with it but did not know you could stream with it thanks. ------------- In Clearfield Quantum mechanics the dreams stuff is made of. |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: December 12 2005 at 6:03pm
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Cool gadget. I've considered this so that I can just take a quick look in the sump room and tank, but I lack the "skills"... |