imbedded video

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Using FP2003. I have a client who sells surveillance cameras. He wants me
to imbed a remote video feed into his site so prospective clients can
actually move the camera around and view what the camera is seeing at the
moment. He will be providing me with the remote feed from one of his
clients that he has an agreement with. Any idea what kind of program to
use to do this?
Thanks,
Pam
 
Probably something that comes from the camera vendor.

Ask for the CD and documentation that came with the
camera. If you get a blank stare, at least get the make
and model number, then look arouond the manufacturer's
Web site.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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Pam said:
Using FP2003. I have a client who sells surveillance cameras. He wants me
to imbed a remote video feed into his site so prospective clients can
actually move the camera around and view what the camera is seeing at the
moment. He will be providing me with the remote feed from one of his
clients that he has an agreement with. Any idea what kind of program to
use to do this?
Thanks,
Pam
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Not sure if I understand 100%. It is relatively easy to do if HE has the
right equipment and software. I am thinking a camera server and a remote
controlled camera. They usually come with software that allows you to view
the IP of the server as a webpage. You could use this to insert into his
website and allow customers to control the camera. Camera servers are very
very cheap. He could get away with a couple of hundred bucks for the whole
setup. I am pretty sure he must already familiar with this type of product
if he is in the business of surveillance cameras.

Otherwise you really have no control over the camera and no one could really
write a program to do this. That is unless he wants to pay someone really
big bucks to do it. I see no reason to re-invent the wheel so to speak.

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Todd L. Moss
The Background Network, Inc.
Email: (e-mail address removed)
Web: http://www.crimcheck.com
ASIS Cleveland Webmaster
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Todd Moss said:
Not sure if I understand 100%. It is relatively easy to do if HE has the
right equipment and software. I am thinking a camera server and a remote
controlled camera. They usually come with software that allows you to view
the IP of the server as a webpage. You could use this to insert into his
website and allow customers to control the camera. Camera servers are very
very cheap. He could get away with a couple of hundred bucks for the whole
setup. I am pretty sure he must already familiar with this type of product
if he is in the business of surveillance cameras.

Otherwise you really have no control over the camera and no one could really
write a program to do this. That is unless he wants to pay someone really
big bucks to do it. I see no reason to re-invent the wheel so to speak.

--
Todd L. Moss
The Background Network, Inc.
Email: (e-mail address removed)
Web: http://www.crimcheck.com
ASIS Cleveland Webmaster
http://www.asiscleveland.com

the most you could hope to do is just have a "live" web camera sending a
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still image or possibly video streamed to the site. But of course to view this
properly would take a good deal of bandwidth and better suited to broadband (ADSL
or cable, ISDN etc).
 
:
::
::
::: Using FP2003. I have a client who sells surveillance
::: cameras. He wants
:: me
::: to imbed a remote video feed into his site so
::: prospective clients can actually move the camera around
::: and view what the camera is seeing at the moment. He
::: will be providing me with the remote feed from one of
::: his clients that he has an agreement with. Any idea
::: what kind of program to use to do this?
::: Thanks,
::: Pam
::
:: Not sure if I understand 100%. It is relatively easy to
:: do if HE has the
:: right equipment and software. I am thinking a camera
:: server and a remote controlled camera. They usually come
:: with software that allows you to view
:: the IP of the server as a webpage. You could use this to
:: insert into his website and allow customers to control
:: the camera. Camera servers are very very cheap. He could
:: get away with a couple of hundred bucks for the whole
:: setup. I am pretty sure he must already familiar with
:: this type of product
:: if he is in the business of surveillance cameras.
::
:: Otherwise you really have no control over the camera and
:: no one could really write a program to do this. That is
:: unless he wants to pay someone really
:: big bucks to do it. I see no reason to re-invent the
:: wheel so to speak.
::
:: --
:: Todd L. Moss
:: The Background Network, Inc.
:: Email: (e-mail address removed)
:: Web: http://www.crimcheck.com
:: ASIS Cleveland Webmaster
:: http://www.asiscleveland.com
::
:: the most you could hope to do is just have a "live"
:: web camera sending a
: still image or possibly video streamed to the site. But
: of course to view this properly would take a good deal of
: bandwidth and better suited to broadband (ADSL or cable,
: ISDN etc).

The bandwidth issue is all related to the video compression.
I have worked with a few surveillance systems in the past
and Vision Controls has a good package for web surveillance:
www.visioncontrols.net
 
I agree, if the camera isn't designed to be controlled, it would be
*much* cheaper to buy a controllable camera (and accompanying
software) than to
write new software (and possibly develop new hardware) to control it.

This sort of thing seems to be a trend with security cameras. A friend
of mine is opening a new shop, complete with security cameras, and
he'll be able to monitor the security video from home or wherever he
is. I'm sure the people who sell these things would like to have a
demo on their Web site.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*----------------------------------------------------
|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
*----------------------------------------------------
 
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