Recording Time lapse and sending to server ??'s at DVinfo.net

Jason Casey · October 30th, 2003, 11:08 AM

Ok, I am asking this on behalf of someone else hoping that someone knows more about it than I do.

Here's what we have, there is a new building being built, the company building this building wants to have a time lapse pictures taken every day to show the progress of the building being built. We will have a camera set up at a building nearby to capture everything, we just need a way to automatically have the camera send a picture back to a server at certian intervals throughout the day, maybe 50 shots a day or so. They were hoping to have a MiniDV camera set up going through firewire into a computer, just so you can get an idea of the setup.

Any ideas would be very helpful regarding software programs that might be able to do this, they basically want a way to get the pictures without having to be there all the time to take and upload the pictures to a server.

Joe Sacher · October 30th, 2003, 12:00 PM

The first thing that comes to mind is some type of web cam software. They should be able to connect to the camera and then take images at a set interval. These can then be automatically uploaded to an FTP server or Web Server. In you instance, they wouldn't be served like a web cam, but the process for that would automate the transfer for you.

October 30th, 2003, 11:08 AM	#1
Jason Casey Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 93	Recording Time lapse and sending to server ??'s Ok, I am asking this on behalf of someone else hoping that someone knows more about it than I do. Here's what we have, there is a new building being built, the company building this building wants to have a time lapse pictures taken every day to show the progress of the building being built. We will have a camera set up at a building nearby to capture everything, we just need a way to automatically have the camera send a picture back to a server at certian intervals throughout the day, maybe 50 shots a day or so. They were hoping to have a MiniDV camera set up going through firewire into a computer, just so you can get an idea of the setup. Any ideas would be very helpful regarding software programs that might be able to do this, they basically want a way to get the pictures without having to be there all the time to take and upload the pictures to a server. __________________ Jason Casey www.jcmediaservices.com www.kickbacktracks.com Royalty Free Video Production Loops!

October 30th, 2003, 12:00 PM	#2
Joe Sacher Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 177	The first thing that comes to mind is some type of web cam software. They should be able to connect to the camera and then take images at a set interval. These can then be automatically uploaded to an FTP server or Web Server. In you instance, they wouldn't be served like a web cam, but the process for that would automate the transfer for you.