Webcam Feedback Needed

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Hi group,

I've been messing around with the settings in Windows Media Encoder, and I'd
really appreciate some comments.

Good, bad, or in-between. :-)

What I'd really like to know is;

Did you have any trouble connecting?
Does the stream looks close to "real-time"?
Is the color OK?
Is the image quality OK? (Remember you're looking through the side of a fish
tank.)
What "bit rate" is being reported by the info-bar underneath the cam?

http://www.crampy.com/webcam.htm

Feel free to use the email link on the page, or post back here with your
comments. Either way works for me.

TIA,

Thom

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Si Ballenger <shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 12:34:27 -0400, "Thom" <Thom@no.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>>Hi group,
>>
>>I've been messing around with the settings in Windows Media Encoder,
>>and I'd really appreciate some comments.
>>
>>Good, bad, or in-between. :-)
>>
>>What I'd really like to know is;
>>
>>Did you have any trouble connecting?
>>Does the stream looks close to "real-time"?
>>Is the color OK?
>>Is the image quality OK? (Remember you're looking through the side of
>>a fish tank.)
>>What "bit rate" is being reported by the info-bar underneath the cam?
>>
>>http://www.crampy.com/webcam.htm
>>
>>Feel free to use the email link on the page, or post back here with
>>your comments. Either way works for me.
>
> Never saw a video, just buffering..., video clip....,
> buffering..., etc.

Hmmm. Perhaps I over-tweaked. :-) Are you on a dial-up connection?

I've made further adjustments. Hope you'll try again.

Thanks for the reply,

Thom

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FYI, I was viewing on a RoadRunner cable connection.

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On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 13:09:56 -0400, "Thom" <Thom@no.invalid>
wrote:

>Si Ballenger <shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 12:34:27 -0400, "Thom" <Thom@no.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi group,
>>>
>>>I've been messing around with the settings in Windows Media Encoder,
>>>and I'd really appreciate some comments.
>>>
>>>Good, bad, or in-between. :-)
>>>
>>>What I'd really like to know is;
>>>
>>>Did you have any trouble connecting?
>>>Does the stream looks close to "real-time"?
>>>Is the color OK?
>>>Is the image quality OK? (Remember you're looking through the side of
>>>a fish tank.)
>>>What "bit rate" is being reported by the info-bar underneath the cam?
>>>
>>>http://www.crampy.com/webcam.htm
>>>
>>>Feel free to use the email link on the page, or post back here with
>>>your comments. Either way works for me.
>>
>> Never saw a video, just buffering..., video clip....,
>> buffering..., etc.
>
>Hmmm. Perhaps I over-tweaked. :-) Are you on a dial-up connection?

Cable connection.

>I've made further adjustments. Hope you'll try again.

I can now see the video at ~55kbps.

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"Thom" <Thom@no.invalid> wrote in message
news:hbqdndtI8_8IRcPcRVn-rQ@comcast.com...
> Hi group,
>
> I've been messing around with the settings in Windows Media Encoder, and
> I'd really appreciate some comments.
>
> Good, bad, or in-between. :-)
>
> What I'd really like to know is;
>
> Did you have any trouble connecting?
> Does the stream looks close to "real-time"?
> Is the color OK?
> Is the image quality OK? (Remember you're looking through the side of a
> fish tank.)
> What "bit rate" is being reported by the info-bar underneath the cam?
>
> http://www.crampy.com/webcam.htm
>
> Feel free to use the email link on the page, or post back here with your
> comments. Either way works for me.
>
> TIA,
>
> Thom

Thom,

It's looking good @ 29.3 fps and 65 Kbps in the HTTP protocol. It even looks
good in full screen mode!
(I'm on a 8Mbit line)

All I need now is some sound and I'll have my own fish tank :-)

I would not do anymore tweaking on that stream. What you could do now is
start adding one for some slower connections.

Keep up the good work!

Noël

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65k actual 67k
29 fps actual 15
loads and runs fast enough
now you need to house break those fish and make them polish up that water
with a diatom filter


"Thom" <Thom@no.invalid> wrote in message
news:hbqdndtI8_8IRcPcRVn-rQ@comcast.com...
> Hi group,
>
> I've been messing around with the settings in Windows Media Encoder, and
I'd
> really appreciate some comments.
>
> Good, bad, or in-between. :-)
>
> What I'd really like to know is;
>
> Did you have any trouble connecting?
> Does the stream looks close to "real-time"?
> Is the color OK?
> Is the image quality OK? (Remember you're looking through the side of a
fish
> tank.)
> What "bit rate" is being reported by the info-bar underneath the cam?
>
> http://www.crampy.com/webcam.htm
>
> Feel free to use the email link on the page, or post back here with your
> comments. Either way works for me.
>
> TIA,
>
> Thom
>
>