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iCam Support / Re: No Audio Camera Stops Working/Hard Disk Never Spins Down

« on: April 14, 2013, 06:31:47 AM »

Thanks... but none of that really applies to me.  Dropbox isn't involved with iCam source at all in my setup... and I currently have recording/motion detection/push notifications all disabled while troubleshooting.

I do appreciate the input, though!

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iCam Support / Re: No Audio Camera Stops Working/Hard Disk Never Spins Down

« on: April 13, 2013, 08:01:45 AM »

So, I woke up early this morning to the hard dive spinning and "cannot find audio data"/no feed from that cam. 

Hit stop... still spinning...

I discovered the right-hand menu icon (how many versions has that been there, lol?!) and quit iCam Source, which was followed immediately by a hard drive spin down (indicating to me that I have been correct in associating the hard drive spin with iCam Source).

That was 5fps... will lower to 2 and see what happens.

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iCam Support / Re: No Audio Camera Stops Working/Hard Disk Never Spins Down

« on: April 12, 2013, 08:29:51 PM »

Just shy of 48 hours with the lowered frame rate, and the non-audio camera has been up the whole time.... and the hard disk has not gone into super-spin mode.

Thanks for the resolution.

FYI – because iCam Source isn't a "normal" application (with a menu and a quit option)... even closing the window won't stop the hard disk spinning when it happens.  It requires a computer restart... another situation in this ordeal I have confirmed (having stopped iCam Source, closing the window, and waiting...).  Don't know if that's helpful information for the developer.

Thanks again.  I will report back if this resolution doesn't continue operating as we hope...

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iCam Support / Re: No Audio Camera Stops Working/Hard Disk Never Spins Down

« on: April 09, 2013, 06:40:10 PM »

Will try this and report back.  It had seemed stable this morning for more than a half hour and I left it running, but came back home to a spinning hard disk and the same "cannot find audio data" message.  Thanks.

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iCam Support / No Audio Camera Stops Working/Hard Disk Never Spins Down

« on: April 06, 2013, 08:25:31 AM »

Sorry if either of these have been answered before,  but I've been unable to find others who have posted or answered these questions.

Since the release of versions with audio support, my camera that does not have a mic shows up and works  anywhere from  about five to thirty minutes, then the message appears that it cannot find audio data - please verify the camera's URL –  and stops displaying the camera video feed.

I kept downgrading back to earlier versions (1.9), I think... I have since lost the version that worked... But that was the only way to enjoy my iCam.

Since I've lost the version that worked... I keep hoping that the problem gets repaired with updates, but it's not.  It's still been an issue for me.  In addition, I discovered by accident (when finally relenting and letting it show just the cameras that would continue feeding) that running iCam source eventually starts my hard drive spinning and never lets it spin back down.  I ultimately gave up on the program in the middle of last year because leaving my hard drive spinning for 16-18 hours while I was gone did not seem like a good idea.  (I had tested the spinning while at home and after three hours it had not spun down once... I quit using iCam).  The incessant hard drive spin seems to only start up after the non-audio camera fails.  Up until that point, it will run normally.

I missed the program and decided to give it another go with the latest version (2.6), on a different computer no less, and the exact same behavior started up again.  What's going on here?

Running 3 foscam (2 w/audio support - 1 w/no audio) cameras (and earlier, my older macbook pro's built in cam as well)
on (formerly) a MacBook Pro running 10.7 and now a Mac Mini running 10.8 (as of today, 10.8.3)

Thanks for any help here.  I really like iCam source/iCam over the other products I bought when I couldn't get iCam to cooperate (and my schedule wouldn't let me deal with it)... and really want to go back to using it.  But not if it's going to make my brand new Mac Mini hard drive die before its time.

**EDIT**
Also, I forgot to mention that I have audio switched to "OFF" on my iCam on my iPhone... but there's no way to tell the iCam Source not to look for audio from one/all cameras