Place this file in your Webcam32 directory, which by default is C:\Program Files\Surveyor\Webcam32

Next, you'll need to place the following code in your HTML:

<applet width="320" height="240" code="JavaCamPush.class" 
archive="JavaCamPush.jar" codebase="http://<your_IP_address>:8888/applet/">
<param name="URL" value="http://<your_IP_address>:8888/applet/">
</applet>

Remember to change to your actual IP address (of the machine running Webcam32! If you use a proxy/NAT, then you need to use your WAN IP address.) Port 8888 is the default port for WebCam32; if you have changed the port in the WebCam32 settings, change the APPLET code correspondingly.

Lastly, you have to tell Webcam32 to actually USE the applet. Go to PREFERENCES-TCP/IP-FEATURES, and place a check in the box labeled "Applet Enabled".

Tweaking the app

By default, Webcam32 only sends out a video stream for 60 seconds. It's rather confusing on how to get it to stream continuously. Go to PREFERENCES-TCP/IP-SERVER PUSH, and set all 3 values in there to ZERO (0). That tells Webcam32 there is no maximum amount of time/data to stop at. Of course, if you wish the stream to happen for only a set amount of time, set the "Maximum push interval" to the amount of seconds you want it to stream for.

Connecting to the video stream

Webcam32 Screenshot

A user hits your web page, and the appropriate java applet runs on their browser. It takes a minute, because the JAVACAMPUSH.JAR file Surveyor has is rather large - 42k - for a .JAR file. (Compare it to iVista, which has a +/- 15k .jar file, less than half the size.) Additionally, the user cannot be behind a firewall/proxy server which has your Webcam32 port (specified in the APPLET tag in your HTML) blocked or not opened - or they'll generate a Java.Net.ConnectException error when they try to connect to your webcam.

Once connected, video will flow from your server's machine based on the settings you specify on the SERVER PUSH settings screen. The other alternative is to set up WebCam32 to upload a snapshot every xx seconds to an FTP account (of your local provider, your own remote server, etc.); this way the user gets no streaming video but is useful if your bandwith is limited (dial-up accounts) or your ISP puts restrictions on the amount of data sent thru them.

Overall performance

Webcam32 appears to have memory leak issues. Though Surveyor has denied this for some time (version 6.x has been out since January of 2000), the Webcam32 message board is full of people complaining about it. Being a former Webcam32 user myself, this is one of the major problems *I* experienced, and forced me to reboot my machine almost daily to get it to stop running low on system resources.

Additional features

Webcam32 has a streaming chat feature - but the majority of users have been unable to get it to function correctly. However, if you use Webcam32, R.M. Cain has written a wonderful javachat applet add-on to replace the one with Webcam32. You can find out more information by going here.

For streaming audio, many users (on the Webcam32 message board) report problems getting this running. Attempting to do so for this resulted in a C000005 error - which is also common, according to the Webcam32 message board.

Support

Unfortunately, support from Surveyor for their product is virtually non-existent. The majority of the support comes from existing users who frequent the Webcam32 message board, located here - which is unacceptable. Additonally, the program hasn't been updated in over a year and a half, and the "unofficial" word from Surveyor is that there will be no new development of Webcam32.

The lack of built-in security, generated HTML code, timer-based streaming, and support make this a poor choice for WebCam software when compared to the alternatives. However, is the most extended (used) WebCam software package to date.

Availability

WebCam32 WebCam software package available from Surveyor Corp.