SiteCam is a full-feature commercial webcam application. SiteCam supports captions, logos, background images, multiple image formats (JPEG, GIF, PICT and QuickTime), full AppleScript support, streaming video, CGI access, and image archiving. The image archiving features in SiteCam are ideal for capturing images for scientific purposes and for monitoring a site over time. If you're upgrading from a previous version, look at what is new in this release.

SiteCam has a lot of features and can be a little confusing . We recommend that you use one of the Quick Setup Guides below to walk you through the basics. After you're up and running, you can experiment with adding video captions, graphics, and using some of the advanced features.

These guides are designed to get you going quickly. Read them and save yourself some time!

First Time Setup

If you get an error message stating that there is no valid digitizer found, make sure that you have a video-input source and camera attached to your computer and it is properly installed. If you are still having problems, see our troubleshooting guide.

1. Check the video configuration. In the File menu, select the first item in the Configure Digitizer menu (Cmd-D). If you do not see a preview window of a video image, go to the "Source" popup menu and try changing the digitizer setup popup menu in the File Menu.
2. The next step is to create one or more SiteCam documents, by selecting New in the File menu (Cmd-N).
3. Next, open the preview window in the Document menu (Cmd-P) to see your camera image. This can be closed later to reduce CPU usage.
4. Next, proceed to the Quick Setup Guide that best matches your intentions.

Quick Setup Guides

• Periodic Image Capture - Using SiteCam to capture images to disk periodically
• PPP/FTP Quick Setup Guide For users with a dial-up connection to the internet
• Direct Connection Quick Setup Guide For users with a direct connection to the internet
• Create a QuickTime time-lapse movie For both Direct Connect & PPP users

Documentation

• Setup Dialog
  • Media Format
  • Interval
  • Destination
  • Video Refresh
  • AppleScripts
  • HTTP Server
  • QuickTime
  • FTP
• Menu Explained Gives a short description of each menu item.
• Image Cropping Lets you resize the resulting video image
• Display Window Gives you information about each SiteCam document
• Preview Window Lets you see the final video image
• Captions Add text, date & time stamps to each video image
• Logos Add a logo to the video image
• Motion Detection Sound a customizable alarm when the video changes
• Backgrounds Superimpose a picture around your video image
• AppleScript Control SiteCam via AppleScript
• SiteCam Plug-in Works with your WebSTAR compatible server to provide live images
• Streaming Live Video Monitor and regulate streaming video traffic
• SiteCam Java Applet Works with Streaming video and periodic file updates
• Anti-Hijacking Keeps your streamed video images from being taken without your permission
• Using FTP Transfer the latest image to your remote ISP
• Automatic PPP Manages your dial-up connection
• Multiple camera support Use several cameras at the same time!
• Folder Actions - Automate tasks to execute when SiteCam creates a file!

Please send any comments, feature requests, problem reports, or information to sitecam@rearden.com.

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