Can you setup a digital camera to be a webcam?

[Passions]

Is it possible to setup a digital camera to act like a webcam so others can see me? What software do I need? Particularly a Canon S110. Thanks!

 

[Nefrodite]

i wanna know too. and could u set it up as a security kinda thing where it takes a pic every few minutes or something by itself? or could a webcam do that? wanna see how much i move around in my sleep i think i'm quite violent:Q

 

[PrinceofWands]

Yes to both questions, possibly. The full answer is that it depends on the camera. With my Kodak DC4800, yes. In fact, there is also software to create a motion sensor effect, so that the camera records an image onto the computer whenever something passes into it's field of vision (or when you throw a left hook in your sleep). The software I use for these things is made for my winTV PVR card, but there is different stuff out there, just have to look for it.

 

[Nefrodite]

hm, so your dc4800 has video outputs? or can u just use the normal download cable thing? i also have a tv card but i'm not about to shell for the dx3200 video adapter

 

[weirdichi]

bump this up for a reply.. I needa know what kinda software and what kinda servers can host a webcam for me. =)

 

[weirdichi]

bump for the day crew

 

[BCYL]

<< bump this up for a reply.. I needa know what kinda software and what kinda servers can host a webcam for me. =) >>



Some webcam already comes with software for motion detection... the Creative webcam for example (the black one), comes with software that enables the webcam to take a picture and store it either locally or remotely whenever something moves...

Otherwise I dont know of any free software you can download that does this... and I would imagine not every webcam can do this too (I dont think the logitech webcams can do this)...

 

[weirdichi]

I got a Fuji Finepix 2600 and they have software to detect motion and record, but what I need is maybe a client or program to actually upload it to a site and have it update every so often, like a live feed (although I'm not sure how good it will be on a 56k dialup account). There must be programs out there to do this, right?

**EDIT**
camarades.com has an online community. Gonna sign up. Anybody use this yet? Pretty good community?

 

[weirdichi]

bump this shiznit up baby!