Is it possible to have a camera show up in the same spot when iCam on the iPhone is started? I would like to organize the camera feeds as I see fit. Currently when I start the iCam app, the camera feeds come up in a random order. The camera feeds almost never come up in the same order twice. This problem is amplified now that I can add 12 cameras. If this is currently not possible, I would like to request this feature in a future update.
I don't have the same camera but I do have the same problem. I disabled the IR lights on the camera. I couldn't find an option in settings so I had to open the camera and unplug the power cable for the lights. I have been looking online to find a solution to add IR on the outside of the house. I may add a motion sensing white light and forget about adding IR. Either way, I'll have to run power to the outside of the house. In the end, i should probably mount an outdoor camera if I'm going to do the work to get power where I need it.
I got it to work. I don't know what fixed the problem. I restarted both Macs but that didn't seem to help. Starting and stopping iCamSource multiple times seemed to fix the problem. I now have 11 cameras operating. I'm not sure what the problem was.
Yes, I am using the same Login and password on both sources. Yes, both Macs are on the same network connected to the same router. I'll have more time to troubleshoot today.
The problem happens when I am running iCam on two different Macs. When I moved all cameras to one Mac it worked fine. I am running iCam 2.0 and iCamSource 2.1.
The new features for the iPhone app state that you can view up to 12 cameras. When I run more than four cameras I don't know how to view them. I only can view the first four. Any suggestions?
I also posted in the apple support forums. I hope I can find a fix for this issue. It seems as if the system thinks both cameras are the same feed. I'll report back if I find any useful information.
More testing. I booted my Mac Pro and virtually booted vista using Parallels. I had all the same problems. I tried using an old machine, an old outdated Acer with Vista. I had no problems, two USB cameras worked. I also have Windows 7. I used the Mac Pro to boot Windows 7 (not virtually, directly). Guess what?!?! No problems with 2 USB cameras. This tells me that it is not the hardware. It is the software causing the problem. The big question is? Whose software is to blame. I would guess Apple. Although, I can't prove that. Yet.
I made an error in an earlier post. I am running Snow Leapord 10.6.4
I just had another thought. Would an IP cam bypass this problem? I don't have one, but I might get one tomorrow. I will do some more testing. Does anybody else have this setup already? Working? I'm sure a Mac running 10.6.3 with two USB webcams isn't rare.
I think I found the problem! You are running Snow Leapard 10.6.3 I bet. My Mac Pro (the one two cameras don't work on) is running 10.6.3. My Mini (the one that works with 2 cameras no problem) is running 10.5.8. I looked through pages upon pages of info. This is my own logical deduction. This is not proven. It is an educated guess based on hours of testing, troubleshooting, and research. I do not wish to upgrade my mini to try to prove myself wrong. I hope others will post their results with different versions of Mac OS 10.x.x. If I am correct, does anyone have a "fix" for Snow Leapard?
I have been having this same problem. If I start one camera, the other one just shows a white screen in iCam, black screen in other programs. My machine is a Mac Pro. I unplugged all usb devices except the cameras. I tried plugging both in the front, both in the back, one in the front and one in the back. I did restart the Mac every time I made a change. I checked to see that both cameras were getting enough power using system profiler. I can't get two usb cameras to work at the same time even using other programs (skype, ichat, image capture). Only the first camera will show video. Sometimes, the second camera will say "camera already in use". However, on my Mac Mini it works with no problems. I plug two cameras in, start iCam and iCam copy, select cameras, everything up and running within 2 minutes. I'm not sure what the problem is. I'm going to keep working on it, but I could really use some help.
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