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relase hack not working

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:48 am
by yonts.nathaniel
FTP enabled, installed as service. release hack not working. any ideas?

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 4:58 am
by memoric
Are you sure you don't have anything else enabled, like "Motion Detection"?
Does the "release hack" have the right filename (releasecamera.txt) & is it
placed in the right folder? What is the interval between FTP uploads?

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:57 pm
by yonts.nathaniel
No MotionDetction.
I copied and pasted the "releasecamera.txt" as the filename when saving the text file, just to get it right.
Its in /Users/.yawcam
5 second FTP intervals.

Would I be better off, turning streaming on and disabling ftp for the releasecamera?

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:15 pm
by memoric
If you have a 5 seconds FTP interval then the camera will be released for only
3-4 seconds before the FTP function uses it again. This hack is for releasing the
camera when it's not in use by yawcam. So you need to have bigger intervals
or use the Streaming. (But it won't work with Streaming either for as long as a
user is connected to it.)

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 11:31 pm
by yonts.nathaniel
Good to know! I've tried programs like splitcam and manycam to try and create a virtual cam to use multiple programs but havnt been successful after the computer reboots. Any other ideas?

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:35 pm
by legro
I have the same problem, relase hack is not working at all.

Only streaming is enabled, no viewers connected, preview window closed.

As soon as i start yawcam it blocks my camera. txt file is located in the right place.

Any ideas?

Thanks