This week with its demand on the server and on the capture software was useful for beta-testing the software I wrote for the capture.
I prepared a web site for easy access of this software: http://creativetech.inn.leedsmet.ac.uk/software/.
One software is the capture software itself (which I already announced here earlier). It can be used by anyone who has a PC and wants to capture single images to be ftp-ed onto a web server.
The other piece of software is a small client which takes an image from a remote web server and places it onto the Windows desktop. It is pre-configured to use this Headingley Caedmon Webcam, but can be set to any web URL with an updated image.
--- NO WARRANTY AND SUPPORT WILL BE GIVEN ON ANY OF THESE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!---
(But if you find a bug, you are welcome to let me know so that I can fix it. Also, if you have a question, do not be intimitated to ask; if I have time, I will certainly help)
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2 comments:
is it ok to ask can the present camera-angle be checked please?
it has changed recently.
i often look-in from London and enjoy the shots of life by day and night and i think the camera has been moved a touch.
the webcam no longer shows the width of the view from front of building to the west,the road and lawn or tent city to the east.carmagg
Hi,
thanks a lot for your feedback!
Yes, the camera angle has indeed changed, but that was deliberate: the white marquee tent will be taken down soon for the last time for a while, and I wanted to capture that process by showing a large portion of the Marquee. Since now there is not much activity (student end of term, staff holiday), I thought it would be ok not to show the area in front of the road.
But since you expressed an interest in showing the road with the possible activity, I have now changed the camera view to highlight the activity.
The capture rate had been reduced to 1 picture every 5 minutes - I have increased this again to 1 per minute, to show more frequently changes. But beware, there is not much activity now until the beginning of September.
And when the work on taking the Marquee down will start, I will for a while again change the viewpoint of the camera to show the de-construction work as well as the re-cultivating of the Acre grassland.
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