Birdcam 2008 - The Official Thread
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web cams are really cheap these days - bought 1 on auction site for £2!!! 
and that was from japan!!! thought it was going to be a con but it worked lol - was a great bargain cos was pretty good too 
and that was from japan!!! thought it was going to be a con but it worked lol - was a great bargain cos was pretty good too 
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Cool 
Good Idea
Good Idea
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aaarrrggghhhhhh!!! You got my hopes up, but it's actual flying birds you were talking about!!! I hate you
sorry to to dash your hopes!
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I've managed to get the videos uploading to my website but could do with a better way of displaying them for people to view! At the moment they are all held in http://www.mission74.com/birdcam/2008/ which isn't the greatest!
As well as capturing the video it is also capturing jpg snapshots every 10th of a sec, would be ideal if I could pick one of these and then link off to the video?!
As well as capturing the video it is also capturing jpg snapshots every 10th of a sec, would be ideal if I could pick one of these and then link off to the video?!
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Quiet day in the box today, last visit seems to have been just before lunch but I'm not sure if a technical gremlin got into the works as I didn't receive e-mail notifications
http://www.mission74.com/birdcam/2008/CAMWIZ_11-FEB-08_11.10.42.09.wmv
http://www.mission74.com/birdcam/2008/CAMWIZ_11-FEB-08_11.10.42.09.wmv
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Chicks 'n a box I like it
Great idea will deffo be tuning in!!
Great idea will deffo be tuning in!!
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Eggs should be between April and May but obviously they have to build a suitable nest first.
They can have upto 20 eggs!!
I had some collered doves make a nest behind my satellite dish. I setup a day/night cam and recored all the motion.
Here is the YouTube video:
And here is a random still from the 10,000 photos taken! (I set the PC to record any motion)
Here is the YouTube video:
And here is a random still from the 10,000 photos taken! (I set the PC to record any motion)
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Did those little guys effect reception at all?!
My camera has motion detection enabled too, so am capturing all the clips.
My camera has motion detection enabled too, so am capturing all the clips.
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Have created a wordpress blog at http://birdcam.mission74.com
Just looking for plugins for auto posting videos that get posted
Just looking for plugins for auto posting videos that get posted
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Have added the link to the blog into the OP to save people wading for it!
I think that is a fantastic idea.
Does anyone know how much of a CPU hit these capture cards have on PCs ?
I very much want to do a similar thing, a birdbox cam for my daughters to watch nesting birds and the other three channels to provide security for the front and back of my house.
I do have an "always on" machine, and wondered if I can get away with just adding the capture card to it.
Does anyone know how much of a CPU hit these capture cards have on PCs ?
I very much want to do a similar thing, a birdbox cam for my daughters to watch nesting birds and the other three channels to provide security for the front and back of my house.
I do have an "always on" machine, and wondered if I can get away with just adding the capture card to it.