Hey guys... thanks for the suggestions. I think for now he wants something
pretty inexpensive at first. He is willing to spend the money but wants to
test it out with something smaller and cheaper at first. He only wants to
use two to three cams to shoot an overview of the track. Two cams would be
Not sure that a "webcam" or a even a "network videocam" could even capture a
race properly. Wouldn't it just be one big blur?
-Original Message-
From: Neal Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:52 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Web Cam -
> There's a huge difference between the whole Wrigley field webcam -
> images updated every 60 seconds and streaming video of a Cubs game.
The latter provides a constant stream of pain as the Cubs lose. The
former allows the Cubs fan 50-55 seconds of recuperation time between
jolts of pain.
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Do they want something that just shows the tracks... or do they want
something where a website visitor could actually watch a race? There's a
huge difference between the whole Wrigley field webcam - images updated
every 60 seconds and streaming video of a Cubs game.
--Ferg
Neal Bailey wrote:
>
Spending money is definitely a necessity. Depending on traffic a full T-1 may
not be enough. Just take a capture of a webcam and compress it down enough so
you can see how viewable it will be then multiply that by a portion of their
web users to estimate if they have enough bandwidth. You should
If you just want to test the waters before diving in and doing it up right,
this could be an option. My car club is looking into it for a dyno and track
day we're planning in a couple weeks. Somehow I wound up volunteering to
handle it.
http://www.camstreams.com/
Complete idiot-proof setup.
It sounds like what you need is not a webcam, but a network camera.
I recommend using products from a company called axis (www.axis.com)
Here is what I would look at. First, if they aren;t willing to spend some
real money on this, go ahead and stop reading... The good quality equipment
is not ch
Sorry hope I am not taking over this thread but I have a similar thing I
need to do... It's not for meetings exactly but for Motorsport Races. One of
my Clients owns a Private Country Club but instead of playing Golf they Race
Exotic Sports cars on one of three tracks. I developed their website and
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