Posted: July 03 2004 at 8:55am | IP Logged

Hello all!

I'm using Windows Media Encoder 9 to stream webcams in my home. I have been able to successfully set up multiple cameras in one session and switch back and forth using the WME interface. The views switch to whatever source I have selected in WME.

I am wondering if there is a way I can move that source changing functionality to a web page so the end user would be able to control it. I've looked into it and it looks like this may be done through scripting but I'm not sure. Of course I tried to take the easy way out using sendKeys, but there are no keyboard shortcuts for switching camera sources~ drats!

If anyone has successfully been able to do this, I'd really like to know how you did it because this one has me stumped.

Thanks,

Eric

Posted: July 06 2004 at 1:40pm | IP Logged

I'm not aware of a way to do this with scripting.  Generally people use one of the following two methods..

1) Utilize two Osprey cards and stream each camera as it's own stream.  Then create a single player window with buttons for each stream - the user clicks either button to switch the player to that stream. 

2) Connect the cameras to an external video switcher that is IP addressable.  Then implement switching on the same page as the player.

3) I am aware that some Windows Media users utilize the video switcher software from http://www-itg.lbl.gov/mbone/devserv/download/download_info. html to allow the user camera control and switching.  This also requires two capture cards, I believe. 

-S.