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- * WebCam 1.00 © 1997 Walter Productions <zap@amiganet.org> *
- * http://www.amiganet.org/webcam *
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-
- About:
-
- WebCam was written so I could watch all the neat "real time" web camera's.
- There are some very good scripts around for use with IRC, But I wanted to
- have a bit more control over what is happening.
-
- Installing:
-
- Unpack the WebCam archive to any directory. Thats it.
- Dont copy WebCam.library to libs:
-
- Usage:
-
- From a shell, CD to the directory WebCam is in. Then type:
- WebCam SCREEN=<screen> <screen> being the screen you want it to open on.
-
- From Workbench, set the SCREEN tooltype to the screen you want WebCam to
- open on, double click on the icon.
-
- WebCam will default to its own public screen if it cant open on any
- others. This screen will attempt to open as 256 colors, HighRes Laced.
-
- Once the prefs window is open, you can set a few config options to suit
- your needs. Click on the "Servers" tab and double click on a site name in
- the listbrowser. WebCam will then try to connect to that site and open a
- viewing window to display the image. You can connect to as many sites as
- you have room on your screen to view them. Sit back and enjoy!
-
- To save the current image in the selected viewing window, RMB click and
- select "Save Current Image". This will save the current image to Ram:
- To force an update on the current image, RMB click and select "Force
- Update" or RightAmiga U.
-
- Requiments:
-
- AmigaOS 3.x (for datatype's).
- Classact 2.0 (for the GUI).
- Internet account/connection.
-
-
- Future:
-
- Depending on demand/feedback:
-
- More config options.
- More sites.
- Faster image drawing.
- Menu item to jump the active viewing window to differant screens.
- HTTPD AUTH support for the "pay per view" sites.
- Local video digitizing and display.
- Video "stream" support.
-
- Hints:
-
- Dont adjust the preset "update time"'s, most sites only update the image n
- seconds, so updating before that is wasting time and bandwidth, and might
- even cause that site to close down due to abuse.
-
- Run WebCam on a high color screen like 256 colors. The drawing might be
- slower, but the images do look much better.
-
- Dont copy WebCam.library to libs:
-
- Bugs:
-
- Doesnt appear to display colors on cybergfx screens. Fault unknown.
- Probabally many other bugs too.
-
- Changing pages in the prefs after a site has been added, or when changing
- pages after a site has been selected will cause the same action to happen.
- This is a minor bug in page.gadget and will be fixed soon.
-
- Mail bug reports to: zap@amiganet.org
-
- Credits:
-
- Thanks go to:
-
- newlook - For giving me more sites and for helping with ToolType
- support.
- dav - For helping with the deviceIO code.
- Tasmaniac - For helping beta test it.
- RMerlin - For getting me interested in www camera's
- Jkay - For even more sites.
- Gandalf - For running enforcer on it.
- Landrius - For the icon.
- caldi - code help.
-
- Everyone else that helped beta test it.
-
-
- This software is "shareware" meaning if you find any sites I dont have in the
- preset "WebCam.config" file, I would like to know about them. :)
-
-
- 12-Sep-97
-
- Have fun
- Zap
-