- Why do live cams on businesses?
- How do you do your live cams?
- How much does it cost to do a cam installation?
- What focal length cams should I use?
- Where should I place my cam installation?
- How do I network a cam?
- How much bandwidth do the cams require?
- How can I extend my network without cabling?
- Using our cams and terms of use?
- What settings should I use on a HIKVision cam?
- I'm having trouble viewing your streaming cams?
- My browser doesn't display videos?
- Do you offer media links?
- Can I link or embed your cams on my page?
- Can I brand your cams with my logo and url?
- Do you offer a cam API to integrate the cams on other sites?
1. Why do live cams on businesses?
Cams are a perfect way to show and market great locations, views and vistas from businesses -
or a great way to market with 'eyes on' live cams -
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2.
How do you do your live cams?
The live streaming cams are done by:
- HD CAMs with RTSP protocol
- access to high speed internet
- video streaming service
Some exact CAM examples are:
56th Street Beach (Ocean City)
This installation serves three purposes -
There are 3 cams
at this location using dynamic DNS (dyn.com) and port forwarding and mapping for the 3 cams.
The internet connection uses a linksys N300 router paired with a linksys RE6500 4 port network extender.
57th Street Beach (Sea Isle City)
This installation serves two purposes -
- exact views cams on a vacation rental.
- beach cams -
- Please Note! - these cams could also be used on nearby listings.
There are 4 cams
at this location using dynamic DNS (dyn.com) and port forwarding and mapping for the 3 cams.
The internet connection uses a linksys N300 router paired with a linksys RE6500 4 port network extender.
High Elevation Cams
These three cams -
are installed on business class static IP lines with rtsp and http port forwarding on the Double Shot Cams
Installation and Mounting Examples
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3.
How much does it cost to do a cam installation?
Typical cam installation and cost are -
single cam example (cost) -
4 cam example (cost) -
- Single cam setup (surface mount/direct wire)
Hardware -
- $150-$300 - 1 fixed cam or 1 PTZ cam
- $20 - power supply
- $150 - VPN wireless router
- $100 - wiring/cables/adapters
- $500 - setup/install
- $1,070 - Total - hardware/install/setup
Recurring Cost (*) -
- $300-$500 - streaming software ($300-$500/cam/year)
- TBD - maintenance/cleaning/adjusting
Total First Year Cost - $1,570 (One PTZ cam)
- 4 cam install (with exterior box)
Hardware -
- $220 waterproof box
- $600-$800 - 4 fixed cams or 3 fixed and 1 PTZ
- $120 - 4 port POE switch
- $150 - VPN wireless router
- $60-$100 - 1 wireless access point or powerline adapter
- $50 - fasteners
- $100 - wiring/cables
- $1,000 - setup/install
- $3,490 - Total - hardware/install/setup
Recurring Cost (*) -
- $1,200-$2,000 - streaming software ($300-$500/cam/year)
- TBD - maintenance/cleaning/adjusting
Total First Year Cost - $4,490
Typical cam installations should have
- easy to get to location for maintenance and cleaning
- 3-6 good views to leverage install and setup cost
- optionally include at least 1 PTZ cam to allow a moveable view for seasons, tours, ..
* - assumes existing bandwidth at locations!
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4.
What focal length cams should I use?
Choosing the best focal length cam depends on how far you are from the subject and how much width of the view you want.
We typically use 4mm, 6mm, 8mm and 12mm focal length cams and experiment with all of them when on location.
Some good examples -
- Same Exact Shot -
- Wide Shot (Beach/Food Court) - Note the Fisheye Effect
- Tighter Shots (Boardwalk)
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5.
Where should I place my cam installation?
Some suggestions for cam installation are -
- multiple shots from the same location
- easy to clean and maintain
- readily available power or internet
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6.
How do I network a cam?
Typically you put your cams behind a firewall/router and allow forwarding of RTSP 554 port to each respective cam.
Please Note! - It is a good practice to restrict the port access to specific IPs using ACL in your router.
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7.
How much bandwidth do the cams require?
The cams require very little download bandwidth speed; however, you can typically count on 700K to 1MB upload requirements per cam (see settings below).
You can test your existing bandwith by visiting this link -
http://dslreports.com/speedtest
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8.
How can I extend my network without cabling?
We use different methods for extending networks without direct cables -
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9.
Using our cams and terms of use?
Our cams can be used for occasional and brief enjoyment for non business purposes. They can NOT be used -
- for steady and constant browsing or recording
- when strippng or removal of logos or advertising
- for commercial purposes
WITHOUT our expressed written consent.
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10.
What settings should I use on a HIKVision cam?
Firstly, we set the cams IP to and internal IP in our local network:
- HikVision's SADP program
Secondly, we typically set our HIK Vision cam settings (Advanced Configuration) to:
- Security -> User
- Network -> TCP/IP
- Network -> UPnP
- Network -> DDNS (if necessary - non-static IP connections)
- System -> Time Settings
- Video/Audio -> Video
- Image -> OSD Settings
- Image -> Display Settings -> Image Adjustment
- Image -> Display Settings -> Exposure Settings
- Image -> Display Settings -> Backlight Settings
- Image -> Display Settings -> Image Enhancement
- Image -> Display Settings -> Video Adjustment
Thirdly, we forward local RTSP (#554) ports to external ports in our router:
- Port Forwarding
Lastly, we typically test the RTSP ports using a media player like
VLC:
- Media -> Open Network Stream
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11.
I'm having trouble viewing your streaming cams?
The live streaming cams have been tested and readily work with:
On Google Chrome, you may need to disable 'Use Hardware Acceleration' -
- Settings (3 bars on top right)
- Advanced Settings (bottom of page)
- uncheck 'Use hardware acceleration when available' (bottom of page)
- close and then reopen chrome
On other browsers, you may need to install Adobe Flash Player -
https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer
On the droid based phones, you may need to install Firefox as an APP and/or 'Request Desktop Site' under settings.
Also Note!!! - Some networks disable the use of videos and/or your network's IP might be blocked (see next item).
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12.
My browser doesn't display videos?
We block IP's that use too much bandwidth (presently at 15GB/month).
Your IP is 18.217.206.112
Your IP is NOT blocked!
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13.
Do you offer media links?
YES!! - News and Media can link and embed our cams provided, they -
- keep our advertising links
- credit AtTheShore.com and our location partner
Additionally, we offer partnership on our locations with -
- direct RTSP feeds
- adding additional dedicated high resolution cams at specific locations
- shared install, ongoing and maintenance costs
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14.
Can I link or embed your cams on my page?
Yes! - You can link to our cams or embed them into your page! All we require for embedding the cams are a link and description of -
These cams are provided by AtTheShore.com and their direct cam link is
AtTheShore.com/livecams
Embed code can be found by viewing the source html code on specific cams links. Direct specific cam links can be found at the bottom of our cam page.
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15.
Can I brand your cams with my logo and url?
YES! - We offer branded CAM solutions for a fee based on area and number of cams.
Examples -
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16.
Do you offer a cam API to integrate the cams on other sites?
Yes! For example -
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