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[Jonathan Wallace <jon@whoweb.com>]

Yes, bandwidth is certainly an issue when using the internet as a medium
unless both the source and destination were utilizing high speed equipment.
I use the Winnov PCI capture card and it seems to provide adequate frame
rates for video communication over 28.8 modems.  It's not like viewing a
75mm cinescope movie, but by the time the internet offers that type of
service for the masses we'll all be buried in our subs. :)


Pet Porpoise Pool wrote:

> At 09:57 AM 1/28/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >> But the idea of being able to log onto a web site to watch through the
> >> camera is fascinating.
> >>
> >
> >It wouldn't be at all difficult to embrace this with software such as
> >cuseeme
> >and the ROV camera interfaced through a PC with a video capture card.
> >
> >
> I have not made comment before but when I read this I thought I would offer
> some advice.
> I have been trying to do what you intend for some time now and have found
> bandwidth to be the biggest problem (the pictures are slow to download) a
> possible solution I am currently looking at is Satalite phones but even
> these are limmited in bandwidth please if you find a soloution that you
> have tested and works please tell me.
>
> PS the card I use is a matrox millenium with a rainbowrunner card attached