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Re: Show HN: Critter.Camera – Browser based motion detection and image capture

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Post by johnchristopher »

Tade0 wrote: post #3

This takes me back to the time when I wanted to determine which of my two cats is the one who makes the first move in their daily game of shess (it's like chess, but both the colours are black/brown and you don't move pieces - you just place them) in the bathroom. I hooked a webcam to an old netbook and downloaded an app which would take a picture whenever it detected motion. What I didn't take into account was the m…

That's why you want IR motion detection ^^.

Picture based detection can be a time sink by itself.

Re: Show HN: Critter.Camera – Browser based motion detection and image capture

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Post by kranner »

jambo135 wrote: post #8
kranner wrote: post #2

Works great on Safari on iOS! But it seems to replace the actual image of the moving object with a red mask/silhouette. Is there an option to retain the original frames, even if the moving object is blurred?

Yeah the original image is retained, when you open the image full size there is a button in the modal that lets you toggle the motion highlights on and off. The downloaded image will also just be the original as captured by the camera

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Critter.Camera – Browser based motion detection and image capture

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Post by dhumph »

jambo135 wrote: post #8
kranner wrote: post #2

Works great on Safari on iOS! But it seems to replace the actual image of the moving object with a red mask/silhouette. Is there an option to retain the original frames, even if the moving object is blurred?

Yeah the original image is retained, when you open the image full size there is a button in the modal that lets you toggle the motion highlights on and off. The downloaded image will also just be the original as captured by the camera

This confused me also. Perhaps default to the image.

I also would love a sensitivity setting and a number of images per second to capture setting. I would be interested in using this overnight but curious how quickly I would fill up memory.

Re: Show HN: Critter.Camera – Browser based motion detection and image capture

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Post by jambo135 »

Diti wrote: post #15

No camera is recognized in any iOS browser other than Safari. Is it something that can be fixed by you, or is it up to Apple?

I wasn't able to test much on iOS unfortunately. I know on Windows 10 if one browser is already using the camera it will say camera unavailable when launching a different browser. I am not sure if it is related to this?

Re: Show HN: Critter.Camera – Browser based motion detection and image capture

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Post by jambo135 »

dhumph wrote: post #16
jambo135 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah the original image is retained, when you open the image full size there is a button in the modal that lets you toggle the motion highlights on and off. The downloaded image will also just be the original as captured by the camera

This confused me also. Perhaps default to the image. I also would love a sensitivity setting and a number of images per second to capture setting. I would be interested in using this overnight but curious how quickly I would fill up memory.

There is a hard limit of 100 saved images per capture session so no risk of blowing up your phone . Yeah I would like to add a settings page for people who know what they are looking for. That is a good idea thanks!

Re: Show HN: Critter.Camera – Browser based motion detection and image capture

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Post by shreddit »

jambo135 wrote: post #17
Diti wrote: post #15

No camera is recognized in any iOS browser other than Safari. Is it something that can be fixed by you, or is it up to Apple?

I wasn't able to test much on iOS unfortunately. I know on Windows 10 if one browser is already using the camera it will say camera unavailable when launching a different browser. I am not sure if it is related to this?

Works fine in firefox on iOS

Re: Show HN: Critter.Camera – Browser based motion detection and image capture

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Post by mescalito »

Tade0 wrote: post #3

This takes me back to the time when I wanted to determine which of my two cats is the one who makes the first move in their daily game of shess (it's like chess, but both the colours are black/brown and you don't move pieces - you just place them) in the bathroom. I hooked a webcam to an old netbook and downloaded an app which would take a picture whenever it detected motion. What I didn't take into account was the m…

Have you found out which cat was it in the end?
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