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Support => ipCam Support => Topic started by: Stefan on June 23, 2011, 12:48:17 PM
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Please post any questions or comments you might have about the ipCam application in this forum.
Thanks! :)
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I am trying to setup ipcam on Motorola Atrix 4g phone, but not having a lot of success. My first question-will ipcam work on this phone? my computer is connected to a Linksys wrt54g router, and I am using a Microsoft LifeCam Cinema webcam. I have already downloaded icamsource to my computer. Icamsource recognizes my webcam when set to usb/firewire/built-in, but not when set to wi-fi/ethernet. Which setting is the correct one to use? Please explain how to set this up, if my phone is compatible with ipcam. The only thing i get on my phone when i switch ipcam on is =camera feed not available.
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Thank you for your post.
Are you trying to set up your phone as webcam or are you trying to view you LifeCam on your phone? If you are trying to see your LifeCam on your phone, you need to download the iCam app. It is available for Android phones and you can get it from the Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skjm.icam
For a Built-In/USB camera, you'll need to select the "USB/Built-In /Firewire" tab in iCamSource and select the webcam from the Video drop down list.
More detailed setup instructions are available at our Getting Started pages: http://skjm.com/icam/help/
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The ipCam worked great for the last week until I made a mistake in the setup. I have an iPhone 3GS with no forward camera. I don't know what I was thinking when I pressed the Front in the Options menu. Now ipCam just shuts down when I try to go back and switch it to the Back camera. HELP! :)
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That's really odd that you even had the option of choosing the "Front" option on your 3GS. On our test device it only shows "Back" which was the way it was intended.
What version of iOS are you running on your 3GS?
You should be able to get things working again by deleting it from your phone and then re-downloading it from the App Store. If you use the same iTunes account that you originally purchased it with you won't be charged a second time.
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I did just that last night. I deleted the app and reinstalled it. I believe the version I am running is 4.3.3(8J2). I am looking at the setup options right now and it looks like I can pick Front once again.
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I did just that last night. I deleted the app and reinstalled it. I believe the version I am running is 4.3.3(8J2). I am looking at the setup options right now and it looks like I can pick Front once again.
I'm testing this on an iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.3.3 (8J2) as well. On a clean install of ipCam from the App Store (and every time I run it thereafter) it only show the Back camera.
If you try rebooting your phone do you then only see the Back camera? Is your phone perhaps jailbroken? The option to select the Front camera should only be visible when more than one video input is reported by the system.
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Jailbroken :) no it's all legal. I subscribe through AT&T as my wireless carrier. I reboot normally once a week as well.
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Interesting....I have seen it now with both options. Sometimes with an option of just Back and sometimes with both Back and Front. It appears that even if I am connected with Icam and the preview is showing correct IP and Port...sometimes under the Options Tab it says Attempting to bind to port.... This is when I have the selection of both cameras. I will attempt to change the port number and I will send you a picture through your support e-mail.
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Not that knowledgeable in technology related to video and codecs and what not.
I can connect to my iPhone 4 running iPCam using Firefox. But I want to record the video and audio into a single video file to PC running WinXP.
I have installed many freeware utilities I found but have had problems with all in trying to get them connected to the iPCam. The best I got was video only (no audio)
Is there a free (or cheap) EASY TO USE software you know of that will work to connect to the iPCam and one that will record using timed or motion detect (preferably).
Any advice on what software and how to connect to the iPam source stream(s)? is appreciated.
The following links I can connect via firefox.
Web Browser Links
* JPEG Video
* MJPEG Video + HTML 5 PCM Audio
The following links I have managed to use the MJPEG Video to connect to a software utility but there was no sound.
Raw Audio / Video Links
* JPEG Image
* MJPEG Video
* WAV Audio
* Raw PCM Audio
Regards
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iCamSource doesn't record audio. Unfortunately, we don't know of any application that will grab both the video and audio feeds and combine them into one file.
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Thanks.
Is there some way of recording both video and audio streams to separate files then combining them?
Regards
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Unfortunately we are not familiar with any software that will combine both streams (video and audio) directly.
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Just got icam 2 days ago. I have an iPhone 4, my husband has an Android on Verizon. We love the app until we leave the house. We find that as soon as we leave wifi to 3G we lose connection. We then have a very difficult time reconnecting. We have to hit refresh several time and never get all 3 cameras back, usually only one. We have full signal strength when this happens. What are we doing wrong?
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Trayce323 is receiving support through email.
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Greetings. I just installed ipCam and it works great on my home LAN. Is it possible to use this over a 3g connection? I shut off WiFi on my iPhone 3gs to force it over 3g. I then try the external address provided in Advanced, as well as the http:// address provided at the bottom of the Advanced screen - but I cannot connect over 3g.
Using the same method, iCam works just fine ... I've enabled DynDNS and that doesn't work either.
Any ideas? Thanks!
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Said another way ... if I am out on the road, can someone in my house connect to my iPhone ipCam and see what I want to show them?
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ipCam won't work over 3G because you would have to be able to configure the mobile 3G provider's routers to allow you to accept incoming connections directly to your phone.
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I guess I really misunderstood what ipCam could do. What would you use it for? I can't see leaving my iPhone home to act as a "webcam" ... how are others using it ... thanks.
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:o Works great. Went to lunch at hotel and watched maid in room cleaning using iPad and iPhone. iPad in room on wifi and iPhone outside on 3G
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OK, I have the idea ... thanks for the post.
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I would like to use my iPad camera as a nanny cam and monitor it remotely either from my work PC or my iPhone. How do I set this up? I have downloaded ipcam on my iPad, now what do I do? Any help is most appreciated! Thank you.
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To remotely view your iPad on your work computer or another iDevice with iCam it needs to be connected, like any other WiFi network IP camera, to a computer running iCamSource.
There is more information about setting up iCam here: http://skjm.com/icam/help/ (http://skjm.com/icam/help/)
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To remotely view your iPad on your work computer or another iDevice with iCam it needs to be connected, like any other WiFi network IP camera, to a computer running iCamSource.
There is more information about setting up iCam here: http://skjm.com/icam/help/ (http://skjm.com/icam/help/)
Does this mean that the iPad needs to be plugged into a PC? Is there no way to use the built in camera of the ipadwithout plugging it into a computer? The only computer that is available is a laptop running over a wireless network. Is it possible to use icam in this configuration? Sorry - computer novice here...thank you for your help.
Also, should I be using ipcam on my iPad or icam? My iPad would not download the icamsource software...only ipcam. Is this correct?
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No, that does not mean it needs to be connected physically to a computer.
You can try enabling "Automatic Port Forwarding" in the Advanced Options in ipCam. If you connect from a remote network, you'll need to connect to the external IP, which is shown at the top of the Advanced Options page. If the "Automatic Port Forwarding" option does not work, please let me know what error message you receive when you have that option enabled.
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1. Is there a program/software for an hp with windows vista that will do video recording from my ipCam on the same wifi network. One that also has motion detection...
2. Does the ipCam app not work with the iCam app... meaning, is it possible to view my ipCam video on my iCam iphone app?
Thanks
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1. You can setup iCamSource to record Motion Events. - http://skjm.com/icam/help/motion_detection.php (http://skjm.com/icam/help/motion_detection.php)
2. To view ipCam on your iPhone running iCam it would then need to connected, like any other WiFi network IP camera, to a computer running iCamSource.
When you run iCamSource, you'll need to select the "Ethernet /Wi-Fi" tab because the camera is a network camera, and enter the ipCam URL: http://ip:port/video.mjpg
More detailed instructions are available at our Getting Started pages: http://skjm.com/icam/help/#setup (http://skjm.com/icam/help/#setup)
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can I hook up my iphone running ipcam to
my icamsource.
if so, how do i do it?
thanks.
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can I hook up my iphone running ipcam to
my icamsource.
if so, how do i do it?
thanks.
Thank you for post.
Yes, run ipCam on your iPhone, and at the bottom there will be an http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/ URL. (The xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx will be the specific IP address for your iPad, something like 192.168.1.1) Use that URL to set up a camera in iCamSource like you would any other Network IP camera: http://skjm.com/icam/help/#setup
When you run iCamSource, you'll need to select the "Ethernet /Wi-Fi" tab. Then, enter the MJPEG JPEG URL for your iPhone running ipCam.
The MJPEG URL for ipCam is http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/video.mjpg (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is your iPhone's IP address).
(I would also suggest turning on the "4:3 Crop" option in ipCam since you are going to be using it with the iCamSource and iCam.)
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Does this app save the images like ICam, once IPcam is turned on in Iphone 4? if so where are they saved at on the Iphone 4. Do they save images to the computer? Thanks for the help.
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Does this app save the images like ICam, once IPcam is turned on in Iphone 4? if so where are they saved at on the Iphone 4. Do they save images to the computer? Thanks for the help.
ipCam turns your iPhone's camera into a network IP camera it does not have any recording functionality. If you have it connected to a computer running iCamSource then yes, Motion Events are stored like any other WiFi network IP camera connected to iCamSource. - http://skjm.com/icam/help/motion_detection.php (http://skjm.com/icam/help/motion_detection.php)
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Is there a way, on iPad or iPhone4, to turn the screen off while still streaming the video to the web?
(if not, would vote for future feature!)
Thanks! ^.^
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You can darken your screen if you single-tap the preview view.