To share your webcam, you have the option of using webcamXP??™s internal web
server, posting your camera output to a web page via HTTP POST (provided your
web host allows you to do so and you provide the appropriate code), or uploading
your camera output via FTP to an FTP download site or the file system on your external
web server.
Using the web server option makes the camera images available on your local network,
and if you configure your firewall in Step 3 to allow it, the image can be viewed
by anyone over the Internet. I also upload one set of images every minute to my personal
web page to provide a snapshot view and verify everything is working at home.
Make note of the port number webcamXP uses for its built-in web server??”you
may need to change this to accommodate your firewall configuration. To change this
value, if needed, deselect the Web Server (HTTP) button, change the port, and then
reselect Web Server (HTTP). In the lower-right corner of this page are settings for
remote control of the camera selection and features using the built-in web server.
Rather than force any viewers to use the Flash animation plug-in, I chose the ubiquitous
JavaScript client, though the Java client may be more robust or faster, but it
also requires installation of the Java Runtime Environment on computers viewing the
webcam page.
Figure 6-4
Everything you need
to broadcast and share
your webcam is on one
configuration page.
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