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A camcorder is focussed on the birdfeeder. A 250-Watt
halogen lamp is also used to provide balanced lighting. |
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The video signal from the camcorder is sent to a Hauppauge
WinTV Model 404 video capture card installed in the computer. |
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Image capture software (WebCam32)
grabs images from the video capture card at 5-minute intervals, time-stamps
the images, and saves them as JPEG files. A "thumbnail" version of
the image is also created using a small Java application. |
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At 10-minute intervals, the NetLaunch
software package dials up to the Seattle BirdCam's ISP and runs a bash
script which invokes a command-line driven FTP client (built with
the NetComponents Java library) to
upload the most recent JPEG files. |
