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Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, camonduty.com on Tuesday July 10, 2012 @09:25AM (#4223604)
Ad 1. We used wmode = "transparent" and it works. Thanks again.
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, camonduty.com on Monday July 09, 2012 @05:14AM (#4217312)
Yes, currently we're supporting only Foscam FI8918w IP camera. We're are working on supporting more, could you please share link to the camera you purchased so we could take a closer look? Thanks in advance.

About the software that comes with your camera; is it cloud based software? If not than you have to configure your router manually so you could access the camera when you are outside your network. For many non-technical people it could be the problem and Cam on Duty aims to solve that, enabling camera monitoring here is as easy as few iPhone taps :)

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, camonduty.com on Monday July 09, 2012 @04:56AM (#4217279)
Our core business is to allow user to install standalone IP camera without a need to leave his machine (without worrying about PC power consumption etc), we're aiming to match post-PC paradigm here :)

After all enabling PC built-in (or USB) cameras would be a nice to have feature and we're thinking about supporting standard webcams in the future.

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, camonduty.com on Monday July 09, 2012 @04:34AM (#4217229)
Thank you for your input! We are still tuning our business model and we totally agree with you about the naming problem here :) Still, you can enjoy free service till the end of July.
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, camonduty.com on Monday July 09, 2012 @04:11AM (#4217186)
Thank you for your comments!

Ad 1 & 2: we are working on it.

Ad PTZ control: we actually implemented "touch to rotate" feature in iPhone app (it should be available in App Store soon, we are waiting for review). Basically you tap the screen and camera centers itself to the point you tapped. It seems to be more intuitive than the click solution you proposed, but we would like to see iPhone users opinions first. Keyboard controllers seems to be a must have :)

Ask HN: Review my startup, camonduty.com

Cam On Duty is a service that allows you to transform ordinary webcam for example into a home monitoring center. To do it you don’t need to have complicated IT knowledge (everything is done automatically), additional hardware to store recordings or even a PC computer. Video live stream and recording are available from any part of the world thanks to cloud storage. This also makes recordings...

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