Video Chat Applications (Non-Logitech)

[TT]

Hi,

It's been a while since I set one of these up.  What are the best ways / services to view the camera remotely?  I do not have a fixed IP address from my ISP so I need some way to view the camera remotely other than by a fixed IP address.

BTW - I'm planning on buying the Orbit MP so I would also like remote control

Thanks!  TT

[KachiWachi Distinguished Logi Legend]

Welcome to the New Logitech Community Webcam Forum TT!

None of the Logitech cameras currently offered include remote control features.

As for viewing...it depends on how you want to go about that. Can you supply more details? Thanks.

[TT]

The ideal situation is to setup the camera on a pc connected via a broadband connection.  I would like a link then to have the camera publicly viewable.

Ideally, I would have liked the camera to be controllable by "priviledged users" for pan/tilt, etc.

I assume the Orbit is controllable on the local PC, right?  So, I could use some remote PC control like gotomypc or something to control it. 

Make sense? 

So, am I better off getting a service that provides an externally available address or DNS name for my camera or can I have the Logitech camera software push the camera image to some service site (and what are some current services).

Thanks!

[KachiWachi Distinguished Logi Legend]

You'll need third party software to host the camera on a (your) website. Windows Media Encoder can do this (so I'm told).

Correct...the PTZ functions are controlled locally. I have suggested previously that someone try "Application Sharing" to see if that will work, but no one has "had the guts" to do so.