Freeware SUBMISSION:  RemoteCam version 2.1 from Howard R. Cole
                      and Tripod Engineering has been submitted
                      to Peak and Peanuts.

Download from:

  ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/openstep/mach/apps/utils/RemoteCam.2.1.README
  ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/openstep/mach/apps/utils/RemoteCam.2.1.m.NI.b.tar.gz

Detailed information with shots of RemoteCam windows in operation
can be found here:

  http://cc.usu.edu/~edx/remotecam.html

RemoteCam is a freeware n-way video system designed to let
users view video frames from a camera located on a remote
machine.  Version 2.1 now supports both monochrome and color
cameras, and can save frames as movies in either QuickTime or
MPEG Level 1 format.  The system consists of two pieces, a
server and a client.  The server program arbitrates connections,
acquires frames from the camera, and distributes the camera
frames to the clients. The server supports user-selectable
compression for users with bandwidth-challenged facilities.
Several clients can be connected to one server at the same
time, allowing many people to view video from your camera
simultaneously.  The client program retrieves and displays
the camera data and allows a user to control the remote
camera parameters (brightness, contrast, etc).  

Camera output can be saved dynamically as movies in any of
three formats, .anim format, QuickTime format, and MPEG Level
2 format.

Currently, the RemoteCam server requires a Connectix QuickCam
Monochrome PC-style (parallel port version), or a QuickCam
Color or Color II camera and OpenStep 4.2 for Mach on Intel.
(The QuickCam Color VC will be supported when Connectix releases
technical details to developers).  The client requires OpenStep
4.2 for Mach on either Intel or Black NeXT.  Black NeXT users
can connect to servers running on Intel machines.

There is a simple, well-defined API for connecting to the server.
This allows application developers to integrate video capability
into their own programs and Web developers to incorporate live
video shots into their pages.  For details on using this API,
please contact me at edx@cc.usu.edu

Thanks for your interest.

Howard Cole
Tripod Engineering