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Using a joystick to control PTZ
Steve Foley wrote:
"ThE SlAyEr" wrote in message ... steve what webcam do you have? i have a logitech orbit pan and tilt thing.. i havent heard of anyone using a joystick to move one of these types of webcam but i like the sound of it... ill have a good search around and if i find anything ill post back. It's an Orbit AF. I've been searching and haven't found anything yet. I did find a PTZ program from Logitech that uses the directshow drivers. It comes with source and object code. After spending eight hours trying to build a development environent that would compile the code (c++) I gave up. First failure was dshow.h was missing. I downloaded a 500MB Platform SDK from Microsoft, only to find that ddraw.h was missing. I downloaded another 500MB Directx SDK only to get messages that I had too many errors. I don't know what versions of what libraries they used to develop it, but it would have been a good starting point. I'm working with an outfit putting these in nightclubs. I'm using a PC as an encoder, but with no keyboard/mouse/monitor. I figured that because Logitech makes both PTZ cameras, as well as joysticks, someone, somewhere has figured out how to do this. I'd really hate to have to put in a keyboard/mouse/monitor just so the DJ can move the camera. It would make more sense to put a fixed camera on a ball and socket and let him move it by hand. Hello Steve AbelCam allows you to control the Logitech PTZ camera through a browser. Using the enclosed web pages (AbelCam comes with a web server), you may control the cam with the cursor keys. AbelCam supports up to 10 cameras and also allows to follow motion - your DJ won't have to do anything to move the cameras... -- AbelCam - free Webcam software for Windows http://www.MultiCamServer.com |
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