{"id":1303,"date":"2014-10-16T20:27:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T00:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2015-01-05T19:33:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T00:33:39","slug":"tripped-up-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/?p=1303","title":{"rendered":"Tripped Up Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I thought I had this Webcam thing all worked.\u00a0 Had the software running properly, though a little overly sensitive to movement.\u00a0 Actually not movement so much as change of content.\u00a0 The software captures a reference image every so many seconds or minutes.\u00a0 After that it compares each subsequent frame for a difference.\u00a0 Images are saved to a predetermined target if they have a significant amount of change.\u00a0 <!--more-->You can set thresholds and sensitivity, but its a balancing act.\u00a0 The flickering shadows of tree leaves on the deck in the afternoon sun is pretty significant compared to a cat walking across the deck.<\/p>\n<p>A further problem turned out to be maintaining a connection.\u00a0 For what ever reason, the webcam software won&#8217;t initiate a network connection if there isn&#8217;t a connection active.\u00a0 A real problem with cell phone type connections, as a tower may &#8220;go down&#8221; for any number of reasons.\u00a0 The software that I&#8217;ve been experimenting with is <a title=\"Yawcam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yawcam.com\/\">Yawcam<\/a>, available for free download from the author.\u00a0 At this time I don&#8217;t believe there is any further development.<\/p>\n<p>The final problem is more of a limitation of the hardware and setup.\u00a0 Most of the action in the field of view of the camera happens at night.\u00a0 There is a motion sensitive security light in the same area, but the illumination isn&#8217;t enough to trigger the software, on most occasions.\u00a0 The security camera has its on camera, which stores to a SD card that can be removed, so I know that the webcam is missing a lot.<\/p>\n<p>A collection of still images.\u00a0 The individual appearing in a few of the frames is dropping off a flyer for a religious group famous for its door-to-door activities.\u00a0 Notice the vehicle.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1303 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10211201.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10211201-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10212502.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10212502-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10213802.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10213802-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10214101.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10214101-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10214600.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10214600-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10224902.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10224902-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10225400.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10225400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10232400.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/georgianbayphotographs.ca\/GBay_Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10232400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I thought I had this Webcam thing all worked.\u00a0 Had the software running properly, though a little overly sensitive to movement.\u00a0 Actually not movement so much as change of content.\u00a0 The software captures a reference image every so many &hellip; 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