is "CHILLcam" an active company?

I went in search of the right webcam software and settled on CHILLcam. I'm
nearing the end of the 150 hour trial and have been to the web site to
register, but I wonder if the company is really still functional.

Two email messages requesting very simple information got no response.

Many elements of the web site are non-functional.

Even the on-line how-to guide has broken links.

Does anybody know if CHILLcam is still an "active" company which upgrades
its products and responds to tech questions?
TIA -- WC

FWIW... never heard of them in two years of playing with these things. If it
is real it is certainley not a mainstream company....David


"WCH" wrote in message
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I went in search of the right webcam software and settled on CHILLcam. I'm
nearing the end of the 150 hour trial and have been to the web site to
register, but I wonder if the company is really still functional.

Two email messages requesting very simple information got no response.

Many elements of the web site are non-functional.

Even the on-line how-to guide has broken links.

Does anybody know if CHILLcam is still an "active" company which upgrades
its products and responds to tech questions?
TIA -- WC

WCH wrote:

I went in search of the right webcam software and settled on CHILLcam.
I'm nearing the end of the 150 hour trial and have been to the web
site to register, but I wonder if the company is really still
functional.

You're right. I checked it out myself and the site is in a pretty poor
state of repair. I think the last copyright date I saw was 2002.

Two email messages requesting very simple information got no response.

How long ago did you email them? It is the weekend, afterall. Maybe nobody
mans the ship on Sats and Suns.

Many elements of the web site are non-functional.

True. Broken images, broken links etc.

Even the on-line how-to guide has broken links.

Sure does.

Does anybody know if CHILLcam is still an "active" company which
upgrades its products and responds to tech questions?
TIA -- WC

I have no knowledge either way, but it appears as though you *may* have
answered your own question regarding support. In any case? I'm not sure
I'd purchase anything from a company with a website in shambles like
Chillcam's. Makes me think that if they don't care about the presentation
of the product for sale .... They probably don't care much about the
product.

YMMV

Regards,
Thom

from what i see and know chillcam is an up and running company....

if you want to use their software try paying them......maybe it will work...

if not then soak up the loss..

or try to find a crack for the software..

regards slayer

See, that's just it. I don't mind paying for good software, and for my
purposes CHILLcam is good software (the download gives 150 hours of
unrestricted use). But if the company isn't active, that means no tech
support, no improvements or patches, kind of a dead end. I'm just trying to
find out the status before committing the money and time.
WC

"ThE SlAyEr" wrote in message
...
from what i see and know chillcam is an up and running company....

if you want to use their software try paying them......maybe it will
work...

if not then soak up the loss..

or try to find a crack for the software..

regards slayer

David Gerard spewed:
FWIW... never heard of them in two years of playing with these
things. If it is real it is certainley not a mainstream
company....David

I've known LOTS of people that use ChillCam. As for it's current state, I
can't tell ya - but it is certainly one of the "players" when it comes to
popular webcam apps, imho.

--
The Toe Pages:
http://www.rubbertoe.com

Pardon me, may I humbly beg your "liberal" pardon.... David


"Robert J Batina" wrote in message
...

David Gerard spewed:
FWIW... never heard of them in two years of playing with these
things. If it is real it is certainley not a mainstream
company....David

I've known LOTS of people that use ChillCam. As for it's current state, I
can't tell ya - but it is certainly one of the "players" when it comes to
popular webcam apps, imho.

--
The Toe Pages:
http://www.rubbertoe.com

ThE SlAyEr wrote:

from what i see and know chillcam is an up and running company....

Perhaps if you could enlighten "WCH" as to what it is you claim to *know*
about Chillcam, he would feel better about his impending purchase?

if you want to use their software try paying them......maybe it will
work...

He said he's on a 150 hour "free trial", which is about to expire.

if not then soak up the loss..

So far, he hasn't "lost" anything. I believe that's what he's trying to
avoid.

snip

Regards,
Thom

hey thom....

i would just purchase the software and find out....

but there are many other apps he could try...

from what i can tell the chillcam is still running ...

i purchased it a few months ago and it works well

regards slayer




"Thom" wrote in message
...
ThE SlAyEr wrote:

from what i see and know chillcam is an up and running company....

Perhaps if you could enlighten "WCH" as to what it is you claim to *know*
about Chillcam, he would feel better about his impending purchase?

if you want to use their software try paying them......maybe it will
work...

He said he's on a 150 hour "free trial", which is about to expire.

if not then soak up the loss..

So far, he hasn't "lost" anything. I believe that's what he's trying to
avoid.

snip

Regards,
Thom

Well, if some of you are users of CHILLcam software, let me ask you two of
the questions I asked them.

#1 -- Is the downloadable version a "single cam" or "multi cam" version?
They offer both for sale ($25 vs. $50), they never list which versions have
what features, and they don't say which the downloadable version is. I only
have one webcam but I worry that, if I purchase the single cam license and
I'm using the multi cam version as a download, I'll lose features I'm using.
And yeah, the $25 means something to me.

#2 -- Some of the webcam software packages that will archive still photos to
a web site will rename the photos in sequence on the fly. That way it's
easy to maintain a stack of photos displayed on a site with the most recent
first, next most recent next, and so on. Can CHILLcam do that?


"ThE SlAyEr" wrote in message
...
hey thom....

i would just purchase the software and find out....

but there are many other apps he could try...

from what i can tell the chillcam is still running ...

i purchased it a few months ago and it works well

regards slayer




"Thom" wrote in message
...
ThE SlAyEr wrote:

from what i see and know chillcam is an up and running company....

Perhaps if you could enlighten "WCH" as to what it is you claim to
*know*
about Chillcam, he would feel better about his impending purchase?

if you want to use their software try paying them......maybe it will
work...

He said he's on a 150 hour "free trial", which is about to expire.

if not then soak up the loss..

So far, he hasn't "lost" anything. I believe that's what he's trying to
avoid.

snip

Regards,
Thom