Webcam setup for monitoring pets?

DezUk

DezUk

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Looking for a bit of advice.....

A friend of mine has asked me if I could help them setup a system to let them monitor her dog as its going to be having pups soon. The idea being that they setup a remote webcam allowing them to login and view the activity of the dogs movements from work etc.

After a quick look online I spotted this IP camera thats seems nice and cheap and should do the job.

I am assuming this will wirelessly connect to a router and allow login via a web browser to monitor activity from any location?

Or are there any other suggestions for a reasonably cheap price?

Thanks
 
It'll wirelessly connect and the router will assign it an IP. Then you'll have to port forward it so it can be accessed outside of your LAN. Very simple really (look online if you get stuck).

This seems like the best method, so I'd recommend what you were initially thinking.
 
Ok cool thats what I thought, just wanted to double check before I went ahead and bought it.
 
Wouldn't that require a static IP. Although my Virgin broadband has been static for years, I'm not sure other ISPs follow the same?
 
Genoma said:
Wouldn't that require a static IP. Although my Virgin broadband has been static for years, I'm not sure other ISPs follow the same?
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There are free services such as no-ip.org that give you a hostname for dynamic ip addresses. You install a small client that detects when your IP changes and updates their systems.

You then have yourname.no-ip.org without the need to worry about IP's changing and you losing access.
 
Thanks guys.

One thing the description doesn't make clear is if the camera supports video streaming online or just updated stills. Any idea?..... at this price I'm assuming just stills.
 
Interested in something similar but for babies with the hope to stream to iPads and smartphones. The house is wired for cat5 so doesn't need to be wireless.
 
DezUk said:
Thanks guys.

One thing the description doesn't make clear is if the camera supports video streaming online
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Yes it does - "Optimized MJPEG video compression for transmission"
MJPEG is moton JPEG, which essentially is 1 JPG image sent (in this case) 25 times a second. Not as efficient as newer/more expensive cameras that use decent video compression such as h.264 but as the resolution is only 640x480 it's not a massive problem.
 
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AHarvey said:
iBaby Baby Monitor is a pre existing package that does it.
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But i dont think it works for android? Plus it is expensive for what it is. I just want a streaming webcam that works well in the dark. I've seen lots of security cams with streaming but i'm not convinced of the nighttime quality or sound for that matter.
 
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