dimebucker

ok.. im starting to come round to your way of thinking, i just didnt think IP encoders would be so expensive, the cheapest is around 100 bucks, its just not worth it is it? Not to mention the hair-pulling! I think the camcorder will go back into the cupboard to gather some more dust. Thanks guys!

The thing is i need some detail in my shot, its actually not for surveillance, its for monitoring sea conditions (for surfing/windsurfing). So i thought this route might be cheaper as my camcorder has a decent lens, i think an equivalent IP camera would be pricey... .....although: http://www.ebay.com/itm/110668216190?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_4097wt_952

I was gonna DDNS or DynDNS, do i still need software?

thanks for the reply, im actually not too worried about having a very high resolution, VGA would be fine, i was thinking about going HDMI to composite video to IP encoder, because composite IP encoders are quite cheap... Also it needs to be stand alone - independent of a computer

Hi all, Just trying to find out if its possible to use my Cannon HDV20 as an IP camera to be viewed remotely, It has firewire and HDMI outputs. My plan is to connect it directly to a router, i have found out that i could do it with HDMI to IP encoder, but these are VERY expensive. The other possibility is to use some kind of firewire to ethernet adapter, but im unable to find any relevant info on this... i dont even know if they exist! Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?