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bejay · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 67 Location: stockton on tees

why can't I get the webcam on please. This time of year love to look at all webcams, brings back memories of holidays

HippyChic · Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:57 pm Post subject:

Might be a conflict on your PC. I'm looking at it now, and it's working fine for me.

bejay · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 67 Location: stockton on tees

Did manage to get webcam page but can't see picture, just the lower half with the controls on. How can I see picture please

educator · Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 41 Location: North Yorkshire

Tried last night and it seemed to be working O K. Watching out for OXI celebrations today.

bejay · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 67 Location: stockton on tees

New computer is windows Vista, could this be why I can't get webcam. Any help with this please

suejet · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:35 am Post subject:

adrianxw · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject:

Have you tried viewing the webcam with Firefox or some other browser? I know, at least in the arly days, Vista had all kinds of issues with software compatibility.

I spent some weeks converting one of my company's applications so it would run under Vista - man, there is nothing that would persuade me to put Vista on any of my own systems.
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Lorraine · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 73 Location: Cornwall

I have Vista and it works fine for me. I have a really cool desktop gadget that allows me to have the webcam on view on my desktop 24/7. If you go to get more gadgets online and search for CoconutView once you've added it open it up and type the URL 84.205.233.40, the only other settings you may need to change are the resolution for docked or undocked. I have mine undocked at the highest resolution. Enjoy!! PS. You need the Axis Cam Viewer.
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bejay · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 67 Location: stockton on tees

thanks Lorraine, got the small pic on sidebar now, but would love to view bit pic as I used too. Can get it on but can't see pic, just the control part. Its too big for screen

adrianxw · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:06 am Post subject:

Does it also fail in FireFox?
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bejay · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 67 Location: stockton on tees

How do I do that Adrianxw. Not that briliant with comuters. Frightened I do something wrong

adrianxw · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:40 am Post subject:

You can download FireFox from here. Installing it is really easy. When you have it running, open the board there and try the link from inside FireFox. A lot of people who had trouble with IE/Vista had no trouble at all with FF.
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Lorraine · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 73 Location: Cornwall

If you undock the gadget (drag it from the sidebar onto your desktop) you can view it about 4" x 3" which isn't far off what you get when you go via the web. Obviously you can't control the webcam through this gadget but it's great to have it on display. Another pretty good browser you could try is Flock, the webcam works fine on my PC with either Firefox or Flock.
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Darrell · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject:

When all you geeks come over next year,you can come to my place and explain it in laymans terms.
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bejay · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 67 Location: stockton on tees

Adrian, thanks got it on firefox but how do I get to be full screen. Used to be able to do it