To where and how the Webcams Big Brother

To where and how the WebcamsBig BrotherFrom the goat pen in the U.S. directly into the dental practice in Japan - the world Webcams allow insights into otherwise rather inaccessible places.
 Gone are the days when parents and grandparents before a long car ride tense waiting for the traffic news on the radio to get information about the current traffic situation. Today, you can save yourself the wait for the information and instead they get online at any time. At the most important transport hubs are now cameras that the events broadcast live on the street into the net.The city of Cologne, for example, allows a view of traffic jams and slow-moving traffic. Similar offers are available among others in Dresden and Frankfurt as well as in many other cities in Germany and Europe.An intimate look at the falcon's nestSometimes, however, take on the security cameras not only traffic situations, such as a report from Turkey shows from last year. A mother had her baby there under a bush to sleep near a highway and left the child alone. When she awoke, she crawled happily on a busy street - one placed on the opposite side of the street camera has captured the images.Often scientists also set up cameras to natural phenomena going on the ground. Particularly in animal research such recordings are popular. One of the highlights is the online falcon nest at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The local camera has placed in operation, since the female falcon, 2009, the first egg, and allows birdwatchers to look into the activities of each nest year after year. Also this year, the breeding pair has returned from the three eggs laid are already three fluffy chicks hatched and soon will be able to watch as they take their first flight.Not only exotic animals have their own webcam, domestic and farm animals can be admired also live on the Internet. A nicely designed and educationally sound side is "The HenCam". The chicken farm in the U.S. show for the camera at its best. Paw peck, feed, relax - here one can observe everything, what do hens during a day. And if that's cackle is too boring, the goat can go to view. Owner of the mini-farm is children's author Terry Golson, so the website informative and fun.Webcams silent not only a thirst for knowledge, even if the longing for faraway countries plagues, they can help. In the New Zealand Tauranga example, there is a direct ocean view. The view across the water into the distance, can be observed both dog and owner while jogging or watch as the surfer-dude is preparing in the parking lot to ride the wave - all this is possible with a mouse click. Internet Service Provider EOL provides access to two cameras, which can control the web surfing from a home computer. The beach camera "Mount Wavecam" offers several presets to choose from, which can vary according to your mood by panning and zooming. Port for the camera "Harbour Cam" is located in the drop-down menu, only one preset called "Gnome". The one should not miss.For more pictures from the other end of the world, recommends the New Zealand webcam overview. But please do not forget that night there prevails when Germany is in day, it gives the best image transfer so at bedtime.Bubbles in FloridaAn example of Webcams that serve nothing but the entertainment can be found in Florida with Andie and Mike. You have something in their garden a huge bubble machine, set the web surfers push of a button in response, and so for 30 seconds watching a soap bubble spells. A look behind the scenes allows the page "How it Works" on the right menu. According to statistics-provided the machine has been set up the webcam in 2001, more than 18 000 times more active.Not always, when it comes to entertainment, there must be a live feed. Worthwhile looking into the Large Hadron Collider is Swiss (LHC) laboratory. However, caution is required here - who does not have a good sense of humor should avoid this site.For those who want to know these insights, how to set up a webcam, here's a quick guide: First you need a camera connected to a computer (often with a USB port). A software will be provided regularly generated still images or video stream online. The alternative is (semi-) professional network cameras for direct integration into IP networks. They are often found in the security environment and therefore tended to fall in the high-price segment.USB cameras are suitable because of the relatively short cable runs rather Webcams in confined spaces. The easiest way to generate regular still images can result in many cases, the software supplied with the camera. They are directed so that it stores images in a specific folder from which they load an automatic FTP upload to a HTTP server suffice <meta> some tags on the HTML page to display the images in the distance there allow a few seconds or minutes to reload.Depending on your operating system, there are several integrated solutions for uploading images via FTP. WebcamXP software such promise or G2 Windows users an easy installation and trouble-free operation. Friends of OS X 10.4 + EvoCam offers a similar approach. The latter also includes an HTTP server for live video. Specifically for OS X users should also be interesting Macam, a collection of drivers for USB cameras, including a variety of devices, which officially supports neither Apple nor the manufacturer of the camera.Live streaming format withIf you want to send video images as a live stream on the web, it is important to note the output format. Popular video formats such as Flash Video, QuickTime or Windows Media-based streams. Be planned appropriately depending on the hardware available and the desired presentation, the production environment of the webcam.A recommended tutorial on setting up a webcam with live streaming Flash video offers via HTTP "good robot". The procedure uses VLC and FFmpeg, to live from the camera images received in the. Transcoding flv format. Something similar can be achieved with Microsoft's Windows Media ENCORD. Who wants to use RTMP streaming with Flash video, which had recommended the available under an open source license Red5 Media Server or Flash Media Server Adobe's in-house.Finally, a glimpse into the world of "EarthCam." Whether in Paris, Moscow, Hawaii, Cancun or the watering hole in South African Bush - for every taste there is a suitable live feed. But beware, the site has potential for addiction.