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Network / IP Camera Compatibility / Re: Audio over IP now possible??

« on: March 14, 2011, 10:04:46 AM »

There are a number of issues with audio support for network IP cameras:

1) One of the ways we prioritize feature development is by how many of iCam's users will benefit. Network IP camera users make up around 10% of iCam's overall user base, and not all of those users' cameras even support audio, so that is one of the reasons why it has never been a top priority.
2) The code we wrote to support audio for USB, FireWire, and Built-In cameras works for all cameras from all manufacturers, because we use the common operating system calls to access the audio streams. Network IP cameras are notorious for not following standards (something we discovered when working on the video streams) and for audio it's more of the same kinds of headaches. It is by no means a "write the code once and it will work every time" sort of scenario, unfortunately.

How did you come up with the 10% figure?

Does it include users like myself who are regular iCam users but would LOVE to be wireless iCam users if you enabled audio for wireless cameras?  I wasn't polled...

Don't forget the number of people who refrained from/are waiting to buy iCam until you support this feature.

Not everybody needs audio over wireless, but to say that only 10% of your "overall user base" wants it is just false.  Where was the poll for this?