Java-applet of webcam-server doesn't work

[Christoph Langner]

Binary package hint: webcam-server

I installed

* webcam-server 0.50-2
* lighttpd 1.4.18-1ubuntu1

When i start webcam-server via

$ webcam-server

i can watch static images of the webcam inside a browser via http://localhost:8888

But webcam can do more that that. You can include some JS code into a webpage a get a video stream. When installing the webcam-server package a demo website is installed inside /usr/share/doc/webcam-server/applet. I copy this folder into /var/www, start webcam-server and try to open http://localhost/webcam/webcam.html inside a browser. But all i see is a picture saying "connecting, please wait".

[Fabio (koetjeboeh)]

I'm having the same problem in gutsy, static images work, applet does not.
Applet is on same machine as server.

webcam-server 0.50-2
Apache/2.2.4 (Ubuntu)

Regards,
Fabio

[Carl Karsten (carlfk)]

in both gutsy and hardy:

juser@tsp2:/var/www$ sudo ln -s /usr/share/doc/webcam-server/applet/

<param name=URL value="http://tsp2:8888">

on 2nd box, http://tsp2/applet/webcam.html (don't have a browser on the first)

Connected, and I get a live feed. about 6fps I would say.

definitely not a problem with the java.

[Fabio (koetjeboeh)]

Partly solved. It seems that the address in the /usr/share/doc/webcam-server/applet/webcam.html is a part of this issue.

In my setup:

<APPLET CODE = "WebCamApplet.class" archive="applet.jar" WIDTH = "320" HEIGHT = "240">
<param name=URL value="http://127.0.0.1:888">
<param name=FPS value="1">
<param name=width value="320">
<param name=height value="240">
</APPLET>

The out-of-the-box setting, does not work.

<APPLET CODE = "WebCamApplet.class" archive="applet.jar" WIDTH = "320" HEIGHT = "240">
<param name=URL value="http://192.168.0.1:888">
<param name=FPS value="1">
<param name=width value="320">
<param name=height value="240">
</APPLET>

Does work if I open the webpage with http://192.168.0.1/webcam.html. The address http://address/webcam.html only works with <param name=URL value="http://address:888"> etc.
Maybe this is a browser security thing? The reason is not yet clear to me.

However, this may not be a problem with respect to webcam-server, it is probably an solution which should be noted.

[Christoph Langner (chrissss)]

You are right, you've got to change localhost to the serverip...

<APPLET CODE = "WebCamApplet.class" archive="applet.jar" WIDTH = "320" HEIGHT = "240">
<param name=URL value="http://<serverip>:8888">
<param name=FPS value="1">
<param name=width value="320">
<param name=height value="240">
</APPLET>

[Oibaf (oibaf)]

webcam-server was removed from Ubuntu time ago.