Erlend Stromsvik
January 31st 04, 04:33 PM
Hi
I just got a Logitech Quickcam Messenger. It supports video at 640x480,
320x200 and 160x100.
In Logitech ImageStudio (a program which comes with the webcam) I can choose
between the different resolutions, but..... In MSN Messenger I can't.
The result being that when using the webcam over internet and not just on
the
intranet network, the videostream gets extremely choppy.
I've installed Netlimiter to measure the bandwith used by MSN Messenger with
the current setup and it's around 45kbytes/s, which is just WAY too much.
Obviously MSN streams the data at a pretty high resolution. I would really
like to be able to turn the resolution down to 160x100 so to dramatically
decrease the bandwidth usage. 45kbytes/s is just whack and 'over the top'.
Anyone else with a Logitech Quickcam who knows if there are anything I could
do?
Any tips/help appreciated.
Just for reference, you would need a broadband connection with 512kbit/s
upstream
just to support this kind of bandwith usage (do to overhead on the upstream
channel)
Regards
Erlend Stromsvik
I just got a Logitech Quickcam Messenger. It supports video at 640x480,
320x200 and 160x100.
In Logitech ImageStudio (a program which comes with the webcam) I can choose
between the different resolutions, but..... In MSN Messenger I can't.
The result being that when using the webcam over internet and not just on
the
intranet network, the videostream gets extremely choppy.
I've installed Netlimiter to measure the bandwith used by MSN Messenger with
the current setup and it's around 45kbytes/s, which is just WAY too much.
Obviously MSN streams the data at a pretty high resolution. I would really
like to be able to turn the resolution down to 160x100 so to dramatically
decrease the bandwidth usage. 45kbytes/s is just whack and 'over the top'.
Anyone else with a Logitech Quickcam who knows if there are anything I could
do?
Any tips/help appreciated.
Just for reference, you would need a broadband connection with 512kbit/s
upstream
just to support this kind of bandwith usage (do to overhead on the upstream
channel)
Regards
Erlend Stromsvik