Tank-Cam MarkII

[esworp]

I've managed to get a webcam ino my fishtank. It took some plexi sheets left voer from another project, two usb repeater cables, and some free software on my Mac to get to where you, dear readers, can see from inside my tank live on the intarwebitron!

head over to http://www.esworp.net:8080/webcam.html and check it out (you'll need the latest-greatest new hotness version of Java for it to work). The cam is off by around 10pm local time and turns on at 10am.


I've also been fooling around with time-lapse video, too. Nice way to see if your plants repsond positively to changes. http://www.esworp.net/Timelapse.mov is a huge and slow-going download, but that part of the deal is still in experiementation.

 

[Kasakato]

Where are you hosting it?

 

[esworp]

Where are you hosting it?

It's on my local machine at home. (nice benefit of using a Mac... built-in webserver, ready to go!)

The rest of teh server is at http://www.esworp.net ... hasnt been updated in a while, been busy with grad school.

 

[Kasakato]

Is it off now? Im getting a gray box...

 

[cohazard]

I like the way the blind cave tetras have a tendency to swim right in front of the camera. It lets you get a good look at them since they're in focus.

Hey Kas, did you give it a minute to load? I got the grey box too, so I minimized the window, and when I restored it, the images started.



Serg

 

[Kasakato]

Letting it load did the trick. Can you zoom out the cam?

 

[cohazard]

Letting it load did the trick. Can you zoom out the cam?

I tried right-clicking but nothing happened, and I didn't see any controls or anything.



Serg

 

[esworp]

Can you zoom out the cam?

No, there are no controls for the camera. The density of the water makes for a non-standard field of view, so you get a kinda narrow shot.

 

[PurpleSmurf]

Downed servers make me cry. I'll check back tomorrow.

 

[Cruise Control]

78MB time-lapse video? :thud: