A simple observation, as I am already doing this in a daycare center.
Why is a 640 x 480 resolution so important, especially at higher color depths of 16 or 24 bit color. Are the parents connecting with a T1??? Because they sure as hell won't get an image very often with a 28.8 modem, or a 56K modem. Not every one uses a fast computer.
I am already doing this with a 4 camera system and 2 computers using win98, not linux, and our daycare has recently been featured on C|net's TV.com and The Web shows.
Each computer has 2 cameras, one of them acts as the server/firewall. Using a Java Applet to refresh images in 320 x 240 16bit color I can refresh every 4 seconds via an ISDN line. We will be getting a 768K SDSL line and will then be able to refresh the images at a frequency of every 1 or 2 seconds.
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A simple observation, as I am already doing this in a daycare center.
Why is a 640 x 480 resolution so important, especially at higher color depths of 16 or 24 bit color. Are the parents connecting with a T1??? Because they sure as hell won't get an image very often with a 28.8 modem, or a 56K modem. Not every one uses a fast computer.
I am already doing this with a 4 camera system and 2 computers using win98, not linux, and our daycare has recently been featured on C|net's TV.com and The Web shows.
Each computer has 2 cameras, one of them acts as the server/firewall. Using a Java Applet to refresh images in 320 x 240 16bit color I can refresh every 4 seconds via an ISDN line. We will be getting a 768K SDSL line and will then be able to refresh the images at a frequency of every 1 or 2 seconds.
GOOD LUCK!!!!