Webcam tutorial issues
I thought I would try the webcam service tutorial but it didnt work:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb483096.aspx
Using MSRS 1.5 I tried following the instructions to first start the service from the command prompt, and then view still images in the webbrowser trying both Internet explorer and Mozilla Firefox. I was quite careful to check that I had typed in the commands properly.
I tried three different computers each running Windows XP pro. each one had between 512MB and 1GB of RAM with clock speeds between 1.2GHz and 3.0GHz.
I tired different VFW compliant video devices on the computers including:
1x Hauppage winTV USB tv tuner card
1x Avermedia 2k PCI tuner card
1x CamMaestro USB webcam
1x Aplux USB webcam
(I know these are VFW /direct show compliant devices because before MSRS came along I was programming for them in C++.)
If I changed the device on any computer, I stopped and then restarted the service to avoid any confilcts. To be doubly sure sometimes I even did a restart.
Basically I was only able to get a still frame from the AverTV2k and that was only from the tv tuner section of it. I can confirm that I was able to view this same image in all picture formats. Unfortunately I wasnt able to change the video input part of the TV card from the service. As it happens I actually had an analog camera connected to the composite input, and so wasnt interested in the antenna input.
Forgetting the tv tuners for a second, on all other regular USB webcams I didnt even get a single frame in any picture format (BMP,GIF etc). I wasnt able to view video on any of the devices at all. everytime I clicked on "start" or refresh the webpage refreshed but that option was not selected.
Can anybody help? Im struggling to see what I have done wrong, especially since Ive done it on different systems. Have I missed something really simple or is it just that this service does not have very good driver support?
