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Web Cam It! Web site Questions?

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hello,
well i have a new dilema, i am the webmaster at a bar in the cleveland area and i am just beginning the process of fine tuning the site. i am trying to set up the site to have a few top end functions. first is the online application, next mybiggest is having a live web cam on at all times so people can hop on and see what is going on at the bar before they get there. wil i need a larger server or can i use a regular host that i pay ten dollars a month to?
any help welcome,
koury

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On-line Webcam

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Your biggest issue is the speed of your upload. In order to transmit a full motion live image you need to have a fast upload connection: my suggestion is minimum 384k. Anything slower will not push out well and will appear as freeze frame rather than real time to most viewers. Check into Axis Webcams; they connect directly to your network and are terrific. Contact me if you want more info.

regular host

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You can use your regular ISP provider for this. There are many programs that will capture an image from the cam and then upload it (usually by ftp ) to your homepage or some other web page at your ISP. This makes your Bar page ‘dynamic’. The problemwith $10/mo services is that they will disconnect you after about four hours and your program will have to dial-up to connect. But that’s really no problem because most of them will do this.

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