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HTML: Webcam: LAN: Image: How to share webcam images between computers in LAN? [TimerShot]
Apr 28th, 2005 03:34
Knud van Eeden,
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HTML: Webcam: LAN: Image: How to share webcam images between computers
in LAN? [TimerShot]
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This is one of the simplest methods.
-Download and install the (free) Microsoft TimerShot program,
(this will give a refresh rate of maximal 1 picture per second)
-Choose the directory and time interval of saving
your webcam files in TimerShot
-Create a very short HTML page containing the REFRESH command.
-Save this HTML file in a shared directory on your LAN,
so that all computers have access to it
-Run this HTML file in the browser on each of the
computers in your LAN.
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Steps: Overview:
1. -Run a program that periodically saves an image to a folder
2. -Run a program that periodically loads an image from that folder
REPEAT
ShowImage( "your folder\your filename.your extension" )
UNTIL FALSE
3. Put this program in a shared directory
in your LAN network, and run this from each
of your computers in your network
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Steps: Overview:
1. -Run a program that periodically saves an image to a folder
1. Download and install the Microsoft TimerShot program
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
1. Select your webcam from the list 'Device'
2. TimerShot will automatically save that web cam pictures
to the default path:
e.g. in general:
c:\documents and settings\<your
username>\MyDocuments\MyPictures\MyPic.jpg
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e.g.
c:\documents and
settings\administrator\MyDocuments\MyPictures\MyPic.jpg
2. -Run a program that periodically loads an image from that folder
1. Create a web page, with a command that periodically refreshes
your webpage
in general:
--- cut here: begin --------------------------------------------------
<META
HTTP-EQUIV="refresh"
CONTENT="<amount of seconds for refresh>"
>
<IMG
SRC="<your filename>"
>
--- cut here: end ----------------------------------------------------
for example:
--- cut here: begin --------------------------------------------------
<META
HTTP-EQUIV="refresh"
CONTENT="1"
>
<IMG
SRC="MyPic.jpg"
>
--- cut here: end ----------------------------------------------------
2. Save this as a web page in the same directory
as where TimerShot saves the webcam pictures
e.g. in general: save it as
<your filename>.htm
in the directory
c:\documents and settings\<your username>\MyDocuments\MyPictures\
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e.g.
e.g. save it as
myfilename.htm
in the directory
c:\documents and settings\administrator\MyDocuments\MyPictures\
3. Possibly change the time interval of refresh
1. Change the "1" in 'CONTENT'
to another value (e.g. "5")
4. If you run this program, it will then show your webcam picture
in the web browser
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9. Put this html page in a shared directory in
your LAN network, and run this from each of your computers
in your network
1. Open a browser
2. Type the filename of your .htm file in the shared
directory
in the URL field
e.g.
c:\documents and settings\<your
username>\MyDocuments\MyPictures\myfilename.htm
e.g.
c:\documents and
settings\administrator\MyDocuments\MyPictures\myfilename.htm
10. If you put this web page on your (Internet) server in the
web server directory (e.g. 'htdocs'), then you can access
this html page also from the Internet (if you can also
refresh that corresponding webcam picture via TimerShot in
a directory accessible by that html page)
e.g.
http://www.yourwebsite.com/myfilename.htm
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Internet: see also:
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Reloading The Page
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/getting_started/article.php/347955
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Microsoft TimerShot program
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
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Webcam: LAN: Image: Share: Link: Can you give an overview of links?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/35845/fid/519
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