starcam

[luked]

I'm new to using cameras with computers. I downloaded icamsource for my powerpc G5 1.6 Ghz, but have no idea how to get my starcam cp086 to work. Can someone help me with this?

[Jay]

I searched on "starcam cp086" but I couldn't find anything useful.  Is it a USB camera or a network camera?  Do you have a link to a webpage for the product or the manufacturer?

If it's a USB webcam, select the "USB / Firewire / Built-In" tab in iCamSource and then select your camera in the Video drop down list.

If it's a network camera, select the "Ethernet / Wi-Fi" tab in iCamSource, and then enter the MJPEG URL for your camera.  If the MJPEG or JPEG URL isn't something that can be found by searching around with Google or by contacting their support, we actually have another solution available, although it is currently in its very preliminary stages, and that is: http://skjm.com/icam/mjpeg_test.php

When you enter the camera's IP address and port into that web page, it will attempt to connect to the camera using all of the common MJPEG and JPEG URLs that we are aware of. If any of the URLs produce an image, then that is the URL to use in iCamSource. 

If your camera requires a login and password, you can enter them in that webpage right before the address :  login:password@Camera_address