· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article    Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Observatories Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Ozy Vendor - Starizona Reged: 06/15/07 Posts: 802 Loc: Goodyear, AZ Remote Camera Capture Solution       #2944277 - 02/23/09 06:31 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Currently, I have a decent $100 IR camera in the observatory hooked up to a Slingbox. This lets me watch the main telescope room while I'm in the warm room with the door closed. Notice the small B&W image on the right screen, bottom left corner. Thats my slingbox feed. As I move more towards gearing up for remote operation, I cannot use the slingbox due to its higher bandwidth requirements in order to stream the video over the internet. I am out in the middle of nowhere and the only ISP I can get has pretty puny outbound speeds. I'd like to switch to a capture device running on the main computer that can display normal video if you are on the computer, but also supports automated screen capturing, timestamping on the image, and even FTP upload offsite to my webhost. Does anyone recommend any software, or hardware+software combination? I do have an old PCI capture card, but I may like a newer USB version too. My camera has a standard RCA connector. Thx -------------------- Cuttin' Edge Observatory Used Finderscope - Canon Elan - Kodachrome 200 Post Extras:       JAT Observatory Got Cookies? Reged: 02/20/05 Posts: 6782 Loc: Eastern PA Re: Remote Camera Capture Solution [Re: Ozy]       #2944949 - 02/23/09 02:23 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   http://www.webcamfirst.com/ <- free Software -------------------- -Marcus The problem with free speech is even the stupid have a voice. http://www.jatobservatory.org Currently a SV102A, WO 66mm & 10" LX200GPS OTA on a Paramount ME (these OTAs subject to change without notice) Post Extras:       Ozy Vendor - Starizona Reged: 06/15/07 Posts: 802 Loc: Goodyear, AZ Re: Remote Camera Capture Solution [Re: JAT Observatory]       #2945060 - 02/23/09 03:42 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow, thx. So I could just run this and minimize it. Does it have a full res, full framerate preview window to look at while I'm at the observatory? Is this what you use? -------------------- Cuttin' Edge Observatory Used Finderscope - Canon Elan - Kodachrome 200 Post Extras:       JAT Observatory Got Cookies? Reged: 02/20/05 Posts: 6782 Loc: Eastern PA Re: Remote Camera Capture Solution [Re: Ozy]       #2945323 - 02/23/09 05:50 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yes and yes. Yes, yes. It's one of the tools. Here is another and it's also free. I also stream video via CCDSoft or MaxIm DL 5.0 MaxIm does a better job with video than CCDSoft does. -------------------- -Marcus The problem with free speech is even the stupid have a voice. http://www.jatobservatory.org Currently a SV102A, WO 66mm & 10" LX200GPS OTA on a Paramount ME (these OTAs subject to change without notice) Post Extras:       Ozy Vendor - Starizona Reged: 06/15/07 Posts: 802 Loc: Goodyear, AZ Re: Remote Camera Capture Solution [Re: JAT Observatory]       #2945445 - 02/23/09 07:13 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   CCDSoft does have VFW support. Maxim does too? What do you do with it in these programs? View only? Does Gstar have a website? -------------------- Cuttin' Edge Observatory Used Finderscope - Canon Elan - Kodachrome 200 Post Extras:       JAT Observatory Got Cookies? Reged: 02/20/05 Posts: 6782 Loc: Eastern PA Re: Remote Camera Capture Solution [Re: Ozy]       #2945511 - 02/23/09 07:50 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   With CCDSoft I am only able to view (may be my setup), but with MaxIm I can capture (frames or video). I haven't tried guiding but I don't see why I should be able to. http://www.myastroshop.com.au/guides/gstar/index.htm -------------------- -Marcus The problem with free speech is even the stupid have a voice. http://www.jatobservatory.org Currently a SV102A, WO 66mm & 10" LX200GPS OTA on a Paramount ME (these OTAs subject to change without notice) Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 2 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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