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Scheduler theory
Hello,
Looking for some input on an extended feature I'd like to implement. I'm curious if any "event" hook is available in AbelCam today. Example ..
Nothing comes to mind for triggering your process on motion detection - within the existing scheme of things. There has been talk about expanding the ..
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SeanGa
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08/27/2010 - 05:06 AM
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MelvinG
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Send noise to annoy my cats
I use AbelCam, among other things, to make sure my cats are behaving themselves. When I see one of them doing something I don't like, it would be nice ..
If you're interested in an immediate solution that requires a little work on your part then here you go...
Record your messages as mp3 or wav files ..
Another thing I've run into...
All the stuff above using Media Player fails when running AbelCam as a service. An "invisible" Media Player (I can see..
Thanks as usual! Good demonstration of the External Commands hook which opens up a lot of possibilities.
I prefer the "same but different" version..
Thanks for the idea! Annoying the cats is always a Good Thing
External Commands is a much overlooked powerful feature that I've found to be very use..
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RaleighMu
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08/18/2010 - 01:56 AM
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MelvinG
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Upload image before going offline
Add the "Upload image before going offline" that works. I've tried everything but standing on my head and the final image that I have selected is neve ..
Hello Ronald
please install the latest beta, available from here
There are numerous changes to improve the offline ftp image upload. There problem a..
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RonaldRu
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06/26/2010 - 01:27 PM
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sse
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Growl support
Would be nice to have growl.
Would both be easy to detect visitors, chat, or what ever, even when abelcam is running on another computer than the one ..
might even be possible to just make it as a plugin.....
And i have decided to try and make that plug-in...
Sounds good - let me know if I can help you...
Oh you can, i currently only got the sample plugin, mixed up with my parallax plugin.
A clean version of it could be good to have Do you still have ..
The URL to the sample plugin source is in your mailbox..
Have been looking a bit at it now, and not sure if it is the right way to proceed.
The plugin's are web plugins, all working with the web server, and..
Personally I don't think it can be done with the existing plugin interface. Interface is, as you correctly determined, designed for web plugins. But y..
Let the plugin monitor web server activity through the log file..
Progress on this is a bit slow, as I am currently working on a multithreaded webserver for my K8055 and Arduino at the same time.
And Im ust be doin..
The debug log should show you some information on this.
If you don't get ahead, send me the dll and I'll have a look at it...
Problem found... Compiled with .NET 4 (This assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently loaded runtime and cannot be loaded.) so I changed..
Are you talking about this Growl? What kind of notifications would you like to send?..
Yes I am, or actually to be more precise, this growl http://www.growlforwindows.com/gfw/ (the windows version of it)
Was thinking about making it sho..
I think your plugin could read cam access activity from the web servers access log.
Chat messages can also be found in there. Camera failures and othe..
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MichaelAn
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06/04/2010 - 02:44 PM
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sse
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Ability to record videos in popular video formats
Hello,
As far as I understand Abelcam only takes snapshot in JPEG which can be converted in MJPEG (motion JPEG) for viewing.
I would like the Abelc ..
AVI / WMV save with triggers is implemented, please see the Wiki Page about this..
From sse:
AVI / WMV save with triggers is implemented, please see the Wiki Page about this
I keep getting many errors on video capture messages and I..
Sean, please use one of the latest beta releases - Video Saving has been improved a lot.
The TyCapture capture interface now supports saving videos in..
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SyedF
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06/02/2010 - 01:23 PM
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sse
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Seperate events in local and video save
As I mentioned earlier I would like a better way to separate different events. This for Video save an e-mail:
- I like the new feature for having sepa ..
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JeanMu
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06/01/2010 - 11:52 PM
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JeanMu
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Small modification for Windows Mobile users
One thing I like about my Windows Mobile HTC Smartphone is, that the embedded Windows Media Player can play Windows Media coded streams. (Audio an Vi ..
Jean, thank you for your suggestion. This change has been implemented in the current beta release..
Please add also the possibility to enter and save password if the Abelcam server is password protected...
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JeanMu
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06/01/2010 - 11:48 PM
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JeanMu
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Capture now feature
Hi
It could be cool if the application had a capture now button for each camera.
F.x. in the webcam config next to the save button.
Cheers ..
To capture an image into the preconfigured Local Save folder? Is that what you were thinking of?..
hmm - no answer.
A capture now button has been implemented in the latest Beta version...
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KasperBr
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05/29/2010 - 02:31 AM
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sse
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Improvements of the recording/saving functions
The main reason I use Abelcam for, is for the saving/recording function.
I live in an appartment, and my car is always in front of the door, at the st ..
I will consider this next time I put my hands on the Local Save code
It's not hard to implement, but requires a lot of controls - and some people ev..
I don't use Local Save all that much. But when I had it running here while beta testing I got tired of having to manually delete all the old saved ima..
It would also be nice to set a time schedule when the local recording should take place. Most cameras are pretty useless at night. So switching off th..
I would also like to see both of these features implemented. ..
I would really like this to be implemented also, I used to use supervisoncam a long time ago and it had all sorts of local save folder options. Basica..
Also a structure of subfolders could help, like year\month\day (2010\04\29)
Also a disk quota is what I found in the original Panasonic Software (Net..
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MichelP
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05/01/2010 - 02:29 AM
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JeanMu
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Recording videos...
Abelcam is sending video streams, but why not does it record video data and why is the motion trigger detection not existing for video?
I am really ..
It does record video with motion detection option available. For now, only the VideoCapX capture interface supports this. Soon the TyCapture interface..
Ok!
yes, I could find the video record option with VideoCapX.
But I only get a preview picturefrom the cam. neither a motion triggered picture nor a ..
Compression codecs: it really depends on what all has been installed on your particular system. Most of the codecs that appear in the drop-down are no..
Well,
meanwhile I used Virtualdub which handles the device perfectly and even if is not giving me (without third party plug-ins) access to a motion d..
No problem, Chris. I freely admit that VideoCapX and its recording "capabilities" is the weakest link in the software at this time. Also it's a third-..
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ChristianTi
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04/16/2010 - 10:57 AM
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MelvinG
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Generic China Based PTZ Camera's
Hello I just purchased one of these camera's generically called IPCam
I found out that we can make some calls to the Controls using some CGI commands. ..
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KevinCs
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04/15/2010 - 10:52 PM
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KevinCs
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Turn Camera(s) On or Off at certain times.
Would like to have the ability to turn camera(s) on or off at certain times of the day. ..
Hi Ralph,
I'm about 99% sure this one os already on SSE's "to-do" list for a future release. As I understood the discussions a few months ago (sorry,..
I am working on a scheduler for AbelCam. It's built in AbelCam and will be available from the configuration menu.
The following tasks are going to be..
A beta version with this new scheduler is available for download from the Members Only section..
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RalphW
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03/12/2010 - 12:05 PM
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sse
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Native Viewer for Mobiles
Hi,
Been using ablecam for sometime now, afer initial issues get generic ip camera working has settled down & I just use & is great.
However, to vie ..
A Viewer for Windows Mobile Smartphones is out for testing, see
AbelCam Viewer for Windows Mobile (5.0 - 6.5)..
Hi! im testing this CAB in my HTC Trinity P3600 whit windows mobile 6.1, software starts correctly, but when I write the address of my cam, not the ke..
Roberto,
as I have a phone with keyboard I did not notice that problem.
I changed the program with menu support. Now you will be able to enable the ..
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GregoryR
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03/10/2010 - 12:06 PM
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sse
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Celestron Nexstar NexRemote PTZ control
I would like to mount a webcam on a Celestron "Nexstar" telescope for remote viewing. Is there any chance AbelCam could be used for the PTZ control o ..
Currently no RS232 PTZ control is implemented in AbelCam.
Send me a telescope and I'll implement the controls
Is there a specification of the proto..
Yes, there is a protocol spec for the Celestron NexStar series:
http://www.celestron.com/c3/images/files/downloads/1154108406_nexstarcommprot.pdf
Sp..
The specs look fine.
This could be implemented in a plugin.
Volunteers please step forward ..
Is there a tutorial or some instructional material somewhere on how to write a plugin? I haven't ever done anything like that, but if I knew where t..
Sounds to me like you need to take a look at the Developer Tools section on Microsoft's website as a starting point. That will tell you a bunch about ..
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JohnMa
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01/28/2010 - 01:20 AM
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MelvinG
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Expanding the web admin interface
It would be a great improvement if the web admin interface was expanded to include the at least the same features as the standard interface. This woul ..
Or, if the software had the ability to connect to and administer a remote location...
I use LogMeIn to connect to my computer remotely and do administration on the AbelCam setup. It is free and works great. The web admin interface in ..
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SpyrithonasN
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01/23/2010 - 09:12 PM
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JohnMa
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Voting on features
I think there should be a poll feature in the forum so that we can vote on requested features. This would show the developer which features are most i ..
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SpyrithonasN
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01/14/2010 - 11:46 AM
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SpyrithonasN
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Local Save Image on a schedule while allowing email on motion images to be sent
Took me a while to figure it out, but I see that the local save does not continue to save images on a time basis when motion detection is on. Can thi ..
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LanceO
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11/15/2009 - 10:18 PM
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LanceO
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JPEG2Video multiple videos
Right now I got it all working by having a bit messy batch file, but i was thinking if it was possible to make the program do it instead?
Something l ..
oh, and is it possible to add something to the JPEG2VideoC that will show how far it is with the movie? Currently creating 5 movies at the same time o..
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MichaelAn
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11/08/2009 - 12:23 AM
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MichaelAn
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Autosave every...
Going to look a bit more at timelapse, but missing an option for saving a image, something like every 1 sec.
Under the local save there are something ..
Just for information
Of course this is possible, but seems to be broken in Beta release 3.2.1
This will be verified and corrected next week.
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I got it working for one usb cam, not the other... trying to figure out what is the difference between them, and trying to make a debug log for you wi..
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MichaelAn
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11/06/2009 - 10:54 PM
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MichaelAn
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Enable/Disable webcam from the web-page
Hello!
I have just installed the app and maybe this feature already exists but I haven't found it so far anyway. If the camera happen to be disabled ( ..
Linus, please see the Web Admin Interface in the Wiki..
Did that help, Linus?..
Thanks, I didn't know about that page, exactly what I have been looking for.
I really like this program, I upgraded to pro-version today. ..
Is there any possibility to restart AbelCam by "opening a web link" like we can to move camera to desired place?
It will be great to be able to do it..
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LinusD
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10/11/2009 - 10:44 PM
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DomenicoS
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