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* WebCam 1.22 © 1997 Walter Productions <zap@amiganet.org>                     *
* http://www.amiganet.org/webcam                                               *
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About:

      WebCam was written so I could watch all the neat "real time" web camera's.
      There are some very good scripts around for use with IRC, But I wanted to
      have a bit more control over what is happening.

Installing:

      Unpack the WebCam archive to any directory. Thats it.

Usage:

      From a shell, CD to the directory WebCam is in. Then type:
      WebCam SCREEN=<screen> <screen> being the screen you want it to open on.

      From Workbench, set the SCREEN tooltype to the screen you want WebCam to
      open on, double click on the icon.
      
      WebCam will default to its own public screen if it cant open on any
      others. This screen will attempt to open as 256 colors, HighRes Laced.
      
      Once the prefs window is open, you can set a few config options to suit
      your needs. Click on the "Servers" tab and double click on a site name in
      the listbrowser. WebCam will then try to connect to that site and open  a 
      viewing window to display the image. You can connect to as many sites as
      you have room on your screen to view them. Sit back and enjoy!
      
      To save the current image in the selected viewing window, RMB click and
      select "Save Current Image". This will save the current image to Ram:
      To force an update on the current image, RMB click and select "Force
      Update" or RightAmiga U.

Requiments:

      AmigaOS 3.x  (for datatype's).
      Classact 2.0 (for the GUI).
      Internet account/connection.
      

Disclaimer:

      It works on my computer.


Hints:

      Dont adjust the preset "update time"'s, most sites only update the image n
      seconds, so updating before that is wasting time and bandwidth, and might
      even cause that site to close down due to abuse.

      Run WebCam on a high color screen like 256 colors. The drawing might be
      slower, but the images do look much better.
 
Bugs:

      Probabally many other bugs too.
      
      Changing pages in the prefs after a site has been added, or when changing
      pages after a site has been selected will cause the same action to happen.
      This is a minor bug in page.gadget and will be fixed soon.
      
      Mail bug reports to: zap@amiganet.org

History:
      
      30-Sep-97
                1.00 First Public Beta Release to AmiNet.
      12-Oct-97
                1.20 Second Public Beta Release to AmiNet. (removed due to bugs)
                
                   - Added 'Save All Images' Option to menu.
                   - Fixed the annoying load crash.
                   - Added more sites (thanks everyone that sent me sites)
                   - Faster image refreshing.
                   - Added DataType 'Image Info' to menu.
                   - Better color support for ECS users.
      13-Oct-97
                1.22 Bug fix (Support site release)
                
                   - Fixed the WB palette nuke on quit bug.
                   - Added a fancy Logo while the image loads.
                   - Fixed a few other bugs.

Future:

      Depending on demand/feedback:

         Better config program.
         Menu item to jump the active viewing window to differant screens.
         * HTTPD AUTH support for the "pay per view" sites.
         * Proxy support.
         Local video digitizing and display.
         Video "stream" support.

         * = Should be finished by the next version.

Credits:

      Thanks go to:

         newlook   - For giving me more sites and for helping with ToolType
                     support and for the datatypes example.
         dav       - For helping with the deviceIO code.
         Tasmaniac - For helping beta test it.
         Senc      - For helping beta test it.
         RMerlin   - For getting me interested in www camera's
         Jkay      - For even more sites.
         Gandalf   - For running enforcer on it.
         Landrius  - For the icon.
         caldi     - code help.
         Mitchman  - For the WWW site on amiganet.org
         DiamondD  - For the great loading Logo.

      Everyone else that helped beta test it.
      All the people that emailed me with suggestions and new sites.


PLEASE dont send me anymore sites! :)


14-Oct-97

Have fun
Zap