I would like to be able to watch my cam from my laptop at work. I have an infrared camera hard wired to a tv in my bedroom. Works great, although I do have a mare who can squish against the wall right under the cam so you can’t see her, lol!!
So the question is, what do I need to live stream?
railmom, you will need a computer in your home that can be turned on and left on while you are at work and that will not go into “sleep” mode (you can go into settings on your computer and turn sleep mode off).
You will also need a video capture device in your computer that will accept whatever kind of plug you are using (if you have it plugged into a TV now, then it is probably an RCA (yellow) plug. You can buy a cheap video capture device like the Pinnacle Dazzle online for about $45.
Then, you need a fast internet connection, like dsl (dial up will not really work well).
If you have all that, just go to www.marestare.com and sign up for one of their packages (about $30 per month and you can pay for as little as one month - I pay for 3 months). You will then download a small software program that will allow you to stream the video to the internet and view it from any computer - and they now give you a link where you can view from iphone or ipad.
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Another foaling camera question. I have an i phone and am wondering if anyone has knowledge of a camera system that can be viewed on their i phone?[/QUOTE]
Hexel, I have the Foscam wireless cam from Amazon and am able to view it from iphone, ipad, etc 
The issue isn’t the camera or whatnot, when it comes to the iphone, it’s an issue of the iphone not doing Flash, which is what marestare (and I’m sure others) use.
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The issue isn’t the camera or whatnot, when it comes to the iphone, it’s an issue of the iphone not doing Flash, which is what marestare (and I’m sure others) use.[/QUOTE]
Hexel’s question was specific about “which camera system” worked with the iphone, that is what I was answering. I do understand that Marestare cannot be used with Flash, but you can also use a barn cam without marestare
marestare now has a way to stream the video to your iphone. My cam has a special link that will stream to the iphone or ipad.
See examples:
The computer link is http://www.marestare.com/fcam.php?alias=sonesta
or on your Iphone or Ipad at http://173.192.34.75:1935/sonesta/cam1/playlist.m3u8
thanks for that update Sonesta, nice to hear
So what is the, er, most “cost effective” camera anyone can recommend for a one time use?
Would this work?
That camera is only going to work if you have an internet connection in the barn. Like if your wireless signal reaches that far. Mine doesn’t so, I use a hard wired cam and just bought 250’ of wire and ran it directly from the barn to the house.
I used to use a wireless set up that had a transmitter for the camera in the barn and it shot the signal to a receiver in the house. The receiver was then hooked up to the computer.
But it was subject to interference from lots of things, so I took it down and went with the direct wire. The wire is very low voltage and just lays along the ground from barn to house.
Here is the camera I use:
and here is where to buy the long wire:
Sonesta- is this camera compatible with Marestare? Is it infrared? I definitely like the $!!! Way less than Riverwind.
Any cam that can be connected to your computer is compatible with MareStare. It’s not the cam that is important; it is the ability to capture the stream into your computer for uploading. That is dependent upon your capture device, not the camera.
This cam is not infrared, but just leave on a 40 watt light and you will see just fine.
If you buy this camera, be sure to buy the power cord for it (sold separately for a few bucks at http://www.amazon.com/VideoSecu-Regulated-Camera-Supply-Adapter/dp/B000VRL632/ref=pd_bxgy_p_img_b if you don’t have one that will work with it.
We didn’t need / want the video to show on our TV and didn’t want to dedicate a laptop to upload the video to a hosted server. So… we purchased 4 infrared video cameras that are connected via hard wire to a combining switch. The combining switch can be set to put the 4 cameras on the same ‘page’ or show the results sequentially. The combined video stream is sent via a transmitter to a receiver at the house (200 feet from barn). The receiver is hooked to an “encoder” which is wired to our router which is connected to the internet. The encoded ‘flash’ video stream goes to a hosted server. We can watch the video results via browsers on our laptops or from iPad or iPhone via an Apple applet that reads Flash.
Pulling this old thread up, and have some questions that somebody perhaps more tech-savy might be able to help with I am completely hopeless with this sort of thing.
Can I hook up online with an air-card? I could leave a computer in the barn, with an air card, at all times.
This is the system I have, can it be streamed online somehow? : http://www.astak.com/product.asp?serial=CM-818C2
I want to have it password protected, so only people with the password are able to watch it. Any suggestions for streaming?
I was reading through previous posts, and this camera looks like a good option, what exactly would I need/ need to do if I were to buy this one and have it streamed online?
http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Internet-Surveillance-Microphone-monitoring/dp/B003LNZ1L6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1330110220&sr=8-4
Yes, an air card should get the internet connection you need and the second camera would work best since it is an IP cam that doesn’t require an analog video capture device. The system you have now would require you to buy a video capture device that will cost as much as just buying the second IP cam.
It will come with very specific directions about how to set it up. It will have its own IP address which is where you will go to watch the feed on your computer.
You can set up a password - or don’t worry about password and only give the IP address to those you want to be able to watch the feed.
The computer will need to be on at all times that you want to see the feed and you will need to set up your laptop so that it does not “go to sleep” when there is no mouse activity for a period of time. How to do this depends upon your laptop brand. You can do a google search for “how to prevent laptop from sleeping” and include your operating system and model of laptop.
This is not difficult, I promise.
After a tragic loss, I had a system much like Annetta’s installed. I can watch my girls from my iPhone or an iPad any time. I don’t want to join mare stare. This is strictly for my own surveillance and peace of mind, and all of my stalls have a camera. Make sure that you get a camera with a very wide lens for the best coverage. I should have done this years ago!
Peg
Cool, thank you I just ordered the camera from amazon.
I will be making an attempt to set it up on Friday… :yes:
My mare is foaling at a boarding barn fifteen minutes from my house. I need to set up a webcam that I can watch from home. I’ve read all the responses here by I’m still not completely sure how to do it. Any help is appreciated!
Ok. This for EVERYONE with questions about how to set up a remote camera at a barn:
You must have internet access at the barn. This can be via 1) hardwired Ethernet cable to the nearest internet router; 2) wireless signal or 3) cell air card.
You must have a camera that will take video. This can be just about any kind of camera including a regular video camera, an IP camera, a webcam like you’d use on your computer, or a security type cam. Which type you have will determine which way you have to hook it up to stream online.
From here, it can go several ways:
The simplest is to have an IP cam that will just upload the video stream directly to the internet through whatever internet connection you have at the barn. Here is a link to one of these cams: http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Internet-Surveillance-Microphone-monitoring/dp/B003LNZ1L6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1330110220&sr=8-4 . With this camera, you will install its operating driver onto a computer that is hooked into the existing internet connection so that the camera can be assigned an IP address. To view the camera, you just enter that IP address into any computer’s browser (even your iPhone).
Next way is to hook whatever type camera you are using directly to a computer that is connected to the internet. You can do this wirelessly by using a camera that has a transmitter and receiver (but this can be tricky as metal barns and trees between the camera and the receiver can block the signal) or it can be hard wired by a direct cable from the camera to the computer.
Here is a wireless system: http://www.amazon.com/VideoSecu-Wireless-Security-Microphone-Surveillance/dp/B0035V0UUQ/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1331061885&sr=1-6
Here is a decent bullet security camera (don’t forget to also buy the power cable and a long enough video cable to reach from the stall to the computer). http://www.amazon.com/VideoSecu-Weatherproof-Security-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B000TBG8BU/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1331061969&sr=1-1
To connect to the computer from most non-IP or web cams, you must have a video capture card that will let you capture analog video. An example of such a device is http://www.amazon.com/Pinnacle-Dazzle-DVC-100-Recorder/dp/B004GHHVWI/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1331061605&sr=1-1 These plug into your computer’s USB port and you plug the RCA video cable from the camera (or from the receiver if using a wireless camera) into the computer.
Then for viewing the stream from this type set up, you generally need a hosting server like www.marestare.com (you could set up your own server, but why bother when a server like MareStare is available so cheaply. For $30 per month, you use their streaming host. You will download and install the software to stream the video from your computer to their server and they will give you a link from which you can view the cam.
Hope this helps.
Here is a really dumb question: What is an air card? I am thinking of of a minutes card for cell phones?
My DH says our wireless internet will get “used up” in one hour of streaming?? We have the kind that once you hit the limit, gets much slower but I am pretty sure we do not get charged anything extra, it just slows down. I am sure I would have gone over the limit by now!:lol: So I think DH is lying to get me to shut up about the whole camera thing. :mad: I think our internet is called a hot spot? Not sure if it reaches to the barn.
ETA: Ok. checked tmobile website. I can get:usage
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10GB / month
Recommended service:
Overage-Free Ultra
No overages!
Up to 10 GB of high-speed data/month; speed reduced after 10 GB.
Great plan for enjoying HD entertainment, games, and music.
No idea what that will cost but that should be sufficient for streaming at night, right??? so confused!
10 GB per month bandwidth should be more than enough.
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