I have just posted I have problems keeping DATA rates down and my 2.4GHz is flooded. I also have 7 cams 6are wifi
I been using for at least 6 years. I looked for alternatives and there is not any, It really need to support h.264. Finding MJPEG cams is hard I had couple of dead cameras last year and finding something was difficult that had HD, D-LINK do 2 cams and so far I have had nothing but issues with the new ones dying.
Got 7 cameras running 6 are wifi all on the 2.4GHz band.
Upgraded my wifi system to Ubiquiti and this lets me monitor traffic, I found my 2.4GHz is basically flooded I'm using a constant 92-98% of the bandwidth, this would explain I have had the odd issue connecting to cameras and my 2.4GHz browse the internet slow now and then.
Stopping the iCamSource App instantly drops my 2.4Ghz down to about 5% in use from 98% so its' the constant traffic going to iCamSource.
Now I have fiddled with the cameras as much as I can to reduce the image quality and frame rates they give out and I have got the usage down to about 60-70%, but when movement is present they spike and saturate the 2.4GHz again.
What setting in the iCamSource could be made to help this, the sliders for Camera and Motion Detection seem to make a bit of a difference but not drastically.
Which way should the sliders move to reduce DATA flow if that is possible
Any other settings that may help?
Its a pain this software can't handle H.264 think this would help, can't find any software as good, and it's been solid for me for the last 5+ years
Looks like its not been available for some time now.
It was a great camera it lasted me over five years, but now no image and drops from the network if it actually will turn on.
What I liked about it was the design and the image quality for a device with no night vision it was rather good in low light.
Would like a basic camera just like the Linksys I don't need pan/tilt I have foscams for that, in fact I got a new foscam and didn't know it would not work with iCamSource as it's a H264 one
Looking around it just seems like the d-link is going to be my only option, unless you guys have any ideas?
Can I use any of the dropcam that nest have or are they running H264? I like the looks of them but I can't find any specs on them.
Is anyone having issues with iCamSource 2.7.2.2 quitting during use.
I have been running iCam for at least 4 years now without any issues.
The last few days I have come home and iCam is not running on my Mac. It seems to be just quitting. Nothing has changed apart from I did a 10.9.5 update when that was released. Thats the only thing that has changed on my system. My iMac is just running iCam and iTunes and thats it, it's left on 24/7
I'm going to buy it. Sounds like a nice upgrade. Not sure how it will all work but should be fine. I don't understand their software option that you can buy at the same time. Blue something, it's called. Has iPhone and iPad app which is what I need, but if I can use it with iCam, that's my plan.
I got the new camera yesterday, I can confirm it works fine with iCam, it's the same software wise as the older model. The swipe to move the camera works fine.
In terms of colour during the day the new model is way better.
Now if only iCam could access the audio, that would be perfect.
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