[GLLUG] Re: Web cam setup - webserver side

Karl Schuttler rexykik at gmail.com
Mon Jun 19 04:08:01 EDT 2006


Managed to get it all set up using php. Stole a bit of code and added my own.

http://rexykik.dynup.com/webcam.php

On 6/18/06, Karl Schuttler <rexykik at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, here is what is going on. I have a server in my closet that is
> my webserver, but I wish to use my webcam attached to my workstation,
> so what i set up is a program that saves a picture from the camera
> every five seconds to a share, and the share is in the path of the
> webserver. That way, I can view it on the internet as an image.
>
> Now what I want to do it make a simple page that will refresh the
> image every five seconds, so that users don't have to sit and
> constantly click the refresh button.
>
> PHP sound good, or does someone else have a better suggestion?
>
> Karl
>


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