Underwater Webcam is up and running

[jmhouse]

http://teens4oceans.org/cam-saint-john.htm

[Steve S]

Is there a trick to seeing something? Just a blank screen for me.

[jmhouse]

It took a bit to open up for me. It wasn't working in firefox at first. Then I realized scrolling the window around actually moved the video. In IE it worked fine after I made it full screen for a second.

[TouristTrapCheryl]

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 I Can't Weight     

Great Ruth's web camera is right there, she can just go
out her door and wave at everyone. I get a webcam in my
neck of the woods and I have to swim in front of it to
wave at y'all. And we all know how much weight a camera adds on.
An underwater camera adds tons more. Tons and tons.

I'd better go dust off the snorkel gear & the Slimfast shakes...

[lprof]

Have tried to see this for several days on the Mac with Firefox... black video screen.
Just tried Safari which didn't work either. Don't have that IE Windows stuff downloaded. Am I out of luck????

Cheryl, city gals always seem to have it better.

[jmhouse]

I haven't tried it on my Mac at home but I will later this evening. It looks like they're using a Windows Media plugin so that would explain the bugginess on other browsers.

[Diana2]

Is there a trick to seeing something? Just a blank screen for me.

It works for me if I click the large right pointing arrow button.

[Barbara]

I got it to work. It works for about 3 seconds. Had to keep hitting the refresh button. So Ruthie! Don't worry. Your CAM is it!!!!!

[Timethief]

It seemsto work fine for me (couldn't get the other underwater cams to work very well, though) - I am running IE. Honestly, though, I do not think I owuld have mounted it under the pier - it is not as good as I had hoped it would be!

Better than nothing, I guess! But I am still gong to watch the Spice Cam!

Keep Smiling!!!

[Steve S]

IE- No
FireFox - No
Chrome - No

Spending more time on it - No

[lprof]

With the help of some great folks on the Teens4Oceans Facebook group page, I learned that I needed to download Flip4Mac...

and I have webcam!!!


Now, where are you Cheryl???

[Jan&MikeVa]

NOTHING!

[sherban]

Works fine for me without a hitch...using IE8 and said "yes" to running the plugin.

Where is this webcam? The lighting is low but the refresh rate looks pretty good...i could see fish swimming around...

Technology is pretty cool sometimes...

[California Girl]

I use IE 8 and I had to run an add-on and give a special permission to allow the content, but I got a great picture! It went black after a few seconds, but after I refreshed, it was awesome. I like that it pans back and forth and not only do you see fish swimming around, there are some interesting structures down there too! The sparkle of the sun on the sea floor is cool to watch, too.

[lprof]

For your information...
A couple of days ago, I received this message on Facebook from Trevor Mendelow.

"After our success in installing a new camera system at VIERS in the Virgin Islands, the instrument was destroyed by lightning four days after we left. We have spent countless hours trying to determine the extent of the damage, and we are very grateful to Jamie and Randy who have worked tirelessly at VIERS to help us complete our testing."

See the teens4oceans.org website for more.

http://teens4oceans.org/cam-saint-john.htm

Edited to delete information relative to donating to help this group get the underwater camera back up and running.