Simple Question

a01020304 · Post by **a01020304** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:28 am

I have just downloaded the program and getting to play about with it and the settings. There are just a few questions that I am baffled on, they are probably so simple too ...

1. If I set up the stream is my main bandwidth used all the time or only when someone connects to the stream page?

2. If a stream on highest settings was active from say 8am to 6pm 5 days a week what would the average bandwidth in GB be per day/week?

3. As the file option is a still image could a webpage not be set up to refresh every second and therefore be the same as the stream option?

4. If the above question was possible would it use the same bandwidth as question 2?

5. When the stream is active the status bar flashes the ip address constantly (when using javascript stream option), is there a way of hiding this so the status bar remains blank? and/or could option 3 above work instead?

6. Do viewers require Java to be installed on their pc for the java stream option to work or is it a different kind of java?

7. Is there any way of saving my settings on the program,as if i close it and restart all the settings are gone and have to reset them again?

thanks

tellmewhy · Post by **tellmewhy** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:26 am

a01020304 wrote:I have just downloaded the program and getting to play about with it and the settings. There are just a few questions that I am baffled on, they are probably so simple too ...

1. If I set up the stream is my main bandwidth used all the time or only when someone connects to the stream page?

Only when someone connects.

a01020304 wrote:3. As the file option is a still image could a webpage not be set up to refresh every second and therefore be the same as the stream option?

You can adapt the HTML source in order your browser page refreshes every [nn] seconds.
Here is the code to do it :

<DOCTYPE>
<html>

<head>
<title>Yawcam</title>
<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta equiv="Refresh" content="10">
</head>

<body>
<div align="center">

It's a webcam!


(Reloads every 10:th
second...)

<img border="0" src="out.jpg">

<a href="http://www.yawcam.com" target="_blank">www.yawcam.com</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>

a01020304 wrote:6. Do viewers require Java to be installed on their pc for the java stream option to work or is it a different kind of java?

Maybe the version does not has to be the same but the java has to be installed.
Otherwise the applet does not show.

a01020304 wrote:7. Is there any way of saving my settings on the program,as if i close it and restart all the settings are gone and have to reset them again?

I suppose you have Windows Vista or higher installed as OS ?
Those systems only permit you the "read and execute" rights in the "C:\Program Files" folder.
As the settings are stored in the "C:\Program Files\Yawcam_installation_folder" they can't be saved.

For the other questions i hope someone else can give you the proper answer.

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