I've got 2 wireless ip cameras and 2 usb connected webcams on my iCam Source. When I view on iPhone a 2x3 window opens up with one thumbnail each for 3 of the cameras, but 3 copies of the thumbnail for one usb webcam.
I can I get the window down to 2x2 with only one appearance for each camera?
(Also at times I get 3x3 or more window with multiples of one camera and empty spaces which aren't needed but I can't make go away.
I'm attaching picture of what the iPhone screen looks like. (oops, don't see how I can attach a jpg?)
I've had iCam working from my iPhone fine for a long time. I just discovered that iCamWeb existed but can't make it work on my MacBookPro to view cameras at home with iCamSource running on a desktop computer there.
I get "Application Blocked by Security settings. Your security settings have blocked a self-signed application from running."
I found an old post that said open up Mac System Security setting to Anyone for downloads, but that didn't work.
I am still unable to reproduce the "No Audio" not showing up in the second iCamSource. If you click on both iCamSource icons in the menu bar (near the clock) and choose "About iCamSource" do they both state that they are the latest version, iCamSource 1.4?
The reason I ask is that the "No Audio" option is always added to the drop-down list in the code ... There isn't any logic that doesn't specifically add it ...
By any chance do you have any other webcams to test with, just to try some other configurations out?
I did double-check & I do have all cc's of iCamSource at 1.4. Unfortunately I don't have any other webcams to try.
I did try setting them up on my MacBookPro as I saw in a post somewhere that the usb ports that are on opposite side of the laptop are on separate USB buses and wanted to see if "usb bandwidth" was an issue. I got a similar response on it though... I could select "No Audio" when plugging in the 1st Camera and then Opening the 1st iCamSource. If I plugged in a 2nd Camera and opened another iCamSource, the "No Audio" doesn't show up in the pull down menu for Audio, same problem as I had on the iMac.
I guess I'm just going to have to be satisfied with using one camera at a time and re-starting iCamSource when I want to switch. ...until someone figures out how to make "No Audio" show up for the 2nd Camera... and hopefully then it's Video will also work. Thanks for your assistance,
Just to clarify where we're at... I'm hoping you'll be able to figure out how to get the "no audio" option to show up when I open the 2nd instance of iCamSource when the 2nd camera is plugged in before opening it.
To recap...
If I plug in 1 camera and then open 1st instance of iCS, I see and select "no audio" option. I can see video and leave Preferences open and "not started".
If I then plug in 2nd camera, and then open 2nd instance of iCS, I see no option of "no audio" (only "built-in audio" or "webcam audio") If I then "Start" both instances of iCS, active video shows up for the instance with "No Audio", but the other instance only shows a blank, white image.
If I then try to view via iCam and iTouch on wi-fi, I only connect with the camera with "no audio", the other just doesn't show up at all.
If you have only one webcam plugged in and start two instances of the iCamSource doe they both have the "No Audio" option available? (This is before "Starting" either of the instances.)
Yes, before attempting to plug in the 2nd camera, they both show "No Audio" and the same camera.
The cameras are Dynex 1.3 USB cameras that have no additional drivers installed. The are recognized by either your iCamSource software or the EvoCam software I mentioned earlier without any action other than plugging into the USB ports.
The only way I can get 2 instances of iCamSource to open up with "no audio" is if I open them with no cameras plugged into USB ports. If I then try to select one of the cameras, none show up in the Video pull-down so I can't view any Video.
If I then quit one of the instances, and plug in one camera, and then open the 2nd instance again, I can see video for that camera when I "Start" it. The 1st instance Preferences is still open and "not started". If I then plug in another camera, it doesn't show up in the Video pull-down, so I can't select it. If I quit that instance, and re-open it, the other camera shows up in the Video pull-down, but the "no Audio" has changed on it's own to "Built-in Audio" and "No Audio" is no longer available for selection. If I then "Start" both instances of iCS, active video shows up for the instance with "No Audio", but the other instance only shows a blank, white image.
If I then try to view via iCam and iTouch on wi-fi, I only connect with the camera with "no audio", the other just doesn't show up at all. Again, the key to functioning Video seems to be to have the Audio selection stay at "no audio", but I don't seem to be able to make that happen. Any other ideas?
Thanks. Tried doing what you suggested. Only the first iCamSource I opened would offer me the choice of "No Audio". The second would only give me choice of either "Web cam audio" or "built-in input" for audio. I would get video showing on first iCamSource, but blank white image for video on the second. If I checked via iCam on iTouch, only the picture of the camera with No Audio would come through.
As another test I hooked up same two cameras to my MacBookPro w/Intel Processor and Mac OS 10.5.8. Similar to the test on my iMac, the choice of No Audio only showed when opening the first iCamSource, The second would only give me choice of either "Web cam audio" or "built-in input" for audio. I would get video showing on both iCamSources on this Computer. If I checked via iCam on iTouch, still only the first camera that had the "No Audio" on it would show up.
Having Audio set at "No Audio" seems to be helpful but, for whatever reason, the 2nd iCamSource I open doesn't offer that choice. Any ideas on how to force that? That might spring free the video for both cams on the iMac. Thanks again for your assistance.
I got a copy of a Mac program called EcoCam (shareware). I'm able to setup that program so I'm able to view both cameras simultaneously with continuous update.
I also tried running one camera on EvoCam and the other on iCamSource, and was able to view both simultaneously. ...so that's encouraging.
I still would like to view both simultaneously with iCamSource so I can view via iCam on iTouch. Any other ideas? Thanks for your assistance!
I don't have either of those applications. Looks like you need MobileMe, AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), Google Talk, or Jabber to use iChat and I'm not sure I want to down the path of setting up all that. Any other ideas to sectionalize the problem?
I've seen other posts with 2 camera issues, but not recent with my combination. Any help would be appreciated. This is a great app. but can't get 2 cams to work at the same time.
I've got 2 Dynex 1.3 usb webcams directly connected to an 1.8 ghz iMac with OS10.4.11. I've got v1.4 of iCamSource. I'm using iTouch on Wi-Fi to do the remote accessing.
I've made extra copy of iCamSource as various posts suggest. I can view either camera individually. When I open an iCamSource copy both cameras show up in the pull down menu for Video. But if I try to have both open simultaneously, only the first cam's video shows, the second just shows white screen. If I reverse the order of opening the 2 iCamSource copies, only the first one's Video comes thru, the 2nd is blank white.
Everything's set with the same ID's and password. One additional behavior that may offer clue... If I leave the 2 cams plugged in to iMac, even if only 1 iCamSource is open, I can't view via my iTouch. I get Source Connection Error. If I have only 1 cam plugged in and it's iCamSource open, I can view fine via my iTouch. Either cam will work individually if it's the only one plugged in.
Can anyone help with this? I know Mac is not fully supported, but it sounds like some wizards have found ways to make things work.
ps: I'd paste in some screen shots, but can't figure out how to do that on this Forum
Thanks for your reply. Problem seems to have cleared except for "Num Connected: 0". Don't know why that shows "0" when 2 are working? Not sure what cleared the "can't connect" itself. I had same ID and password on all.
I did have an extra copy of iCam Source on the Mac laptop that I had experimented with to also connect a Firewire DV camera. (that worked individually also)
It appears when I disconnected the Firewire, the selection in Source reverted back to "built-in iSight" on it's own. Even though that copy wasn't open at the time, I'm wondering if that wasn't confusing something by having two copies of Source, one Open, one Closed, both with the same Camera selection?
If you can explain the "Num Connected: 0" thing I'd appreciate that.
I've got iCam Source installed on 2 different Macs, iMac at 10.4.11 with USB webcam and MacBookPro at 10.5.8 using iSight built in. Each of them will work individually if I have the other iCam Source shut-down, but if I have both "on", I get error that one "can't connect"
Suggestions?
I notice that in the lower left corner of the Preferences window there's a label saying "Num connected: 0". What is meaning of that? Is that a clue to problem? Thanks for any help you can provide. Jim
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