Cam feed

[clivejo]

Would I be allowed to use an account to provide a camera feed updating via FTP say every 5-10 mins?

If I created an ftp account (ie mycam_mydomain.com) to the mydomain.com/images directory and instructed an IP cam to ftp to the server every 5 mins. Can anyone see any issues?

[yav0r]

Depends on the camera software really. You will most deff. need a dedicated IP for the host to which the camera will connect to I suppose. Again I haven't heard of camera uploading pics via FTP. Most of the them stream directly to a server via an IP address so I would probably not be the most trustworthy advisor in this case

[clivejo]

Are you aware of any limits on FTP connections? Such as connections per hour, etc ..

I've run a test uploading a small photo 160px × 120px which is 15,216 bytes every 10 minutes.

15,216 x 6 x 24 = 2191104 bytes per day (2.09MB)

Ill probably not be uploading at night, as there is not point in wasting resources taking black photos!

[yav0r]

The only restriction is that no more than 3 simultaneous connections are allowed via FTP so you should set your FTP upload software right.

[denvitroy]

Thank Brother

Thank Brother for info