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05-20-2008, 10:18 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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 |  DIY Remote video monitoring
Ok, maybe this has been covered, and it's not really something I engineered so much as discovered.
I'm remotely watching my reef with my webcam and NO ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE or rediculous computer knowledge needed.
All you do is set up your working webcam pointed at your reef (or anything else you want to watch remotely) and log that computer on to LIVE: Home
Create your own channel, and you're off and running. You can set it to public for anyone to stumble onto and view, or you can set it to private which is not really secure, but you have to actually give someone the channel name for them to find it.
I created mine, and am going to upgrade to using a much higher resolution camera soon.
Here's mine: LIVE: myreef
It's not exciting by any stretch of the imagination, but I have peace of mind as a new aquarium owner that the fish are still there and the tank hasn't drained for some unexplained reason  | 
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05-20-2008, 10:30 AM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
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linksys has a product that does this too but I like the looks of this service more, pretty cool I'm going to have to do this as well _________ 
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05-20-2008, 10:35 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25
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Perfect! My girl friend just told me last night that I need to figure out how to set a web cam up so our friends and family can view our reef at any time!
Is there any way to make it so its not play/stop/play/stop/play? | |
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05-20-2008, 10:42 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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Originally Posted by Ryan  Perfect! My girl friend just told me last night that I need to figure out how to set a web cam up so our friends and family can view our reef at any time!
Is there any way to make it so its not play/stop/play/stop/play? | well, that's a matter of my cheap video cam, and my crappy connection. I've viewed other people's web cam rooms on that same site, and they were smooth as glass, so that problem is somewhere in my equipment/connection.
Looks like you can also embed it on a website if you choose.
Oh yeah, point of interest......you should turn off audio (in the Yahoo settings) if you don't want everyone listening in on your conversations going on in the house 
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05-20-2008, 03:42 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25
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Originally Posted by BlackJack Oh yeah, point of interest......you should turn off audio (in the Yahoo settings) if you don't want everyone listening in on your conversations going on in the house | lol...that might not be good if grandma was looking at my reef and heard something she wasn't suppose too... 
Does anyone know if there are any small, relatively affordable under water cameras that would work with this?
Im thinking about finding a small high quality web cam and build a small acrylic box for it to sit in so I can mount it in the upper corner of my tank angling down. | |
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05-20-2008, 03:53 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
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wow thats a cool site nice find _________ 
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05-20-2008, 03:54 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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Originally Posted by Ryan Im thinking about finding a small high quality web cam and build a small acrylic box for it to sit in so I can mount it in the upper corner of my tank angling down. | I wouldn't waste your money on building a box for the camera, if the box sat in the water, what would be the difference if the camera was mounted outside the tank looking through the glass? | |
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05-20-2008, 03:55 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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Originally Posted by wastemanagement wow thats a cool site nice find | Does that mean I get a free RO/DI system? ROFL | |
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05-20-2008, 04:48 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Awesome!!!!! | |
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