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[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Bergie

Here are some things to keep in mind with the Trains.com Rochelle web cam:
A) The City of Rochelle serves the web cam, so we cannot provide a picture updated more frequently than every 3 seconds without using more of their bandwidth
B) As far as sound goes, see point A. Sound equals more bandwidth.
C) As far as controllable cams, I personally think they're too risky. If you get someone at the controls who either doesn't know what they're doing or has a slow connection that doesn't respond quickly, you end up looking at everything but the train that just went by.

Erik

I fixed a problem like this before on another siter (now gone).

What you shouldis connect the camera to the server that the city serves, and only have one connection going from that to a server in a server farm, which then sends it out to viewers, less bandwith for your city, so you could add radio and better quality.

Diagram:

Webcam--->
Server at location--->
)))INTERNET)))--->
Server at a server- farm (no bandwith limits)----> )))INTERNET)))--->Viewer
\-------->Viewer
\---------->Viewer

and then as man viewers as wanted. Belive me, it works, and well too.

[Glen Ellyn]

It would be a great idea. Especially if it were streaming. Or, if it were to take a movie sample like on www.trainorders.com . That would be awsome. Was controlling the camera an origional feature on the camera?

[Glen Ellyn]

It would be a great idea. Especially if it were streaming. Or, if it were to take a movie sample like on www.trainorders.com . That would be awsome. Was controlling the camera an origional feature on the camera?

[Anonymous]

I would like to see a web cam somewhere in Iowa right on the BNSF line.

[Anonymous]

I would like to see a web cam somewhere in Iowa right on the BNSF line.

[Glen Ellyn]

QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSF railfan.

I would like to see a web cam somewhere in Iowa right on the BNSF line.

http://www.livetrains.com/plugins/cam/default.asp


Here is your camera BNSF Railfan. Ft. Maddisson Iowa, the BNSF Fast Track.

[Glen Ellyn]

QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSF railfan.

I would like to see a web cam somewhere in Iowa right on the BNSF line.

http://www.livetrains.com/plugins/cam/default.asp


Here is your camera BNSF Railfan. Ft. Maddisson Iowa, the BNSF Fast Track.

[Anonymous]

I think a bigger picture would be nice but not a moveable camera, there are to many people who like to point them to the ground or some stupid angle. Sound would be nice also

[Anonymous]

I think a bigger picture would be nice but not a moveable camera, there are to many people who like to point them to the ground or some stupid angle. Sound would be nice also

[Anonymous]

i think that they could do something else with the webcam - i think they should put one on the other side to see the other side behind us

[Anonymous]

i think that they could do something else with the webcam - i think they should put one on the other side to see the other side behind us