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iCam Support / Re: Pretty slow video / audio rate over 3G

« on: August 06, 2009, 02:04:58 PM »

Thank you for the responses!  Like I said, even though I'm not thrilled with the audio / video (which seems to be an AT&T thing more than an iCam thing), the support is excellent!

I tried it out for the first time as a "puppy cam" last night for three hours.  Our little guy cries / barks a lot more than I thought!!  Though the video and sound were choppy / droppy, it got the job done and let me check in on him when I was away, which is all I really need.

I'm with the other responder that an "audio only" option would be very helpful...there were times when the audio dropped / cut out a lot and worried me, as I couldn't tell if he'd just gotten quiet, or the sound had dropped...I should've known that he hadn't gotten quiet!!   

Thanks very much.

~LD

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iCam Support / Pretty slow video / audio rate over 3G

« on: August 05, 2009, 03:24:35 PM »

So I just downloaded this app to be my "puppy cam" and am happy with the overall idea (and can see that support is great!).

However, I'm fairly underwhelmed at the lag in video time and audio that cuts in and out.   

My puppy can walk away from his crate and into the kitchen and be there for at least 3 or 4, and sometimes up to 10 seconds and it will still show him as in the crate, and when it does "update" the whole thing is just very choppy and "cheap" looking.  It does *not* appear this way on the iCam console on my laptop, which shows in real-time (perhaps half a second delay or less, at times).  Also, the audio cuts out sometimes, or drops, so that I can't hear it at all...even the ambient / background noise cuts out.  I tested this on full bars of the 3G network...don't really care if it's better in wifi, because I won't be around a good wifi network during the day, but will have excellent / good 3G access.

I have a Dell Inspiron 1526 with built-in web-cam, all up to date as far as I can tell.  I have an updated iPhone 3G.

Thank you in advance for any help.  I get the error messages every now and then too (which I guess is "often" seeing as how I've only had this app for 2 or 3 hours that talks about the "broker" but am less worried about that).

~LD