Little-Miss Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 We've got the Chicks in again and this year i would like to be able to record them so the rest of the school can see what is going on without disturbing the Reception class they are in. We've got a joomla site so i thought it would be nice to put it on there too. Unfortunately the cam module that SimpleSi used isnt available anymore and i was wondering if someone had something similar i could use? Im only going to be using an USB cam. I've got Yawcam, just need the bit to stream it on the website.
jedmondson Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 I sometimes use this WheresJames Webcam Publisher - Publish images to your web site using FTP or use the built in server. to upload a image taken from a usb webcam. you should then be able to put it up on joomla somehow. 1
djones Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 WebcamXP recording in real time and uploading (ftp) stills every 10s. I used the code generated by WebcamXP in a Jumi module. Worked great and had three separate cameras in the end (incubator, one low level in the brooder and one bird's eye view in the brooder). Dave. 1
mossj Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 (edited) Or you could use ustream.tv and not waste any bandwidth, I did this for an art expo and it was succesful enough... Just get cam working on pc, register for service, use there flash interface and click record job and it will start... you can then embed the stream into whatever you want. It will even record it all for playing back. Edited February 28, 2010 by mossj 2
SimpleSi Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 Here is my modified code - one of my schools is getting them next week as well I've just installed it on the site and it still works regards Simonmod_camviewer.zip 2
FN-GM Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 Or you could use ustream.tv and not waste any bandwidth. I have used this, the good thing is it goes right through the firewall. It uses standard ports. Also no port forwarding requried. 1
SimpleSi Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 Last time I tried Ustream it didn't work through our filtering but will try again. regards Simon
Little-Miss Posted March 1, 2010 Author Posted March 1, 2010 Hi Si, Thanks for posting the Mod, but im having problems getting Joomla to open it. I can get it to open using 7zip but windows zip says it corrupted. Thanks!!
SimpleSi Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 Opens OK with me just using standard windows extract all here at one of my schools But lets try another way download all files into a folder rename the .txt to remove .txt extensions then zip up all 3 files into one archive and use that to install. regards Simonmod_camviewer.php.txtmod_camviewer.xml.txt 1
SimpleSi Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 do the same with the gif file and remove the .txt as well ! (So you'll have 3 files 32clear.gif mod_camviewer.php mod_camviewer.xml ) regards Simon32clear.gif.txt 1
Little-Miss Posted March 1, 2010 Author Posted March 1, 2010 Ok, daft question....where do i tell the module to look for the webcam stream?
Little-Miss Posted March 1, 2010 Author Posted March 1, 2010 Right ive got yawcam working, got the module installed. When i add it to the location box, which im guessing is correct its not showing up in the module....any help!
SimpleSi Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 So you've got yawcam working and can see the camera feed on the preview window? And you've got the camviewer module enabled and can see the module on one of your pages? (Could you post your website address we can see what's happening?) Next step is to set up yawcam to ftp an image up to your website - KISS and just put it in ../images as webcam.jpg regards Simon
SimpleSi Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 I've just setup my netbook to update a site goto Rivington Foundation Primary School and choose pupil zone to see it in operation (No comments from other fellow edugeekers please ) regards Simon
Guest theeldergeek Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 (No comments from other fellow edugeekers please ) That's just not fair !!
frosty Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 (No comments from other fellow edugeekers please ) So we can't comment on how handsome you are? 1
Little-Miss Posted March 1, 2010 Author Posted March 1, 2010 Owww!!! Why cant i get mine to go in the box!! Tell me the secret oh wise one!
Little-Miss Posted March 1, 2010 Author Posted March 1, 2010 Welcome to Harborne Primary School http://10.124.212.160:8081/
SimpleSi Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 OK. In yawcam, you need to go into settings-edit settings and clikc on FTP type in ftp server details, username and password. The directory needsd to be images (no / in name) Call the filename webcam.jpg. also make sure silent retry is enabled. Then in the module settings filename should be webcam.jpg locations needs to be images/ (with a trailing / this time - just to confuse!) (Camlabel is camlabel - i think that is something to do with having 2 webcams running at once - can't remember ) regards Simon
SimpleSi Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 Yippe - your getting there - i can see webcam.jpg if i use direct url - just one more step needed :-) Simon
Little-Miss Posted March 1, 2010 Author Posted March 1, 2010 lol!! I followed your instructions but shall go through them again!
SimpleSi Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 Just the module file/folder settings will need adjusting I think Simon
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