Rearden Technology Ships SiteCam 2.0, Now with Dial-up Support; Full-Featured WebCam Software Now with Advanced Anti-Hijacking and Support for Multiple Video Digitizers.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 1998--Rearden Technology today announced the immediate availability of SiteCam 2.0, now with fully-integrated FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to support allowing even dial-up users to take advantage of this full-featured WebCam software, along with advanced anti-hijacking support and support for multiple video digitizers. Rearden Technology's award-winning, four-star WebCam software, SiteCam with its advanced image-capture, streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. and QuickTime time-lapse movie makes it easy to bring live video images and time-lapse movies to your web site. Available today on the Mac OS for $129 each, with multi-pak and special educational pricing also available, SiteCam can be downloaded or demonstrated at http://www.rearden.com/. Users of SiteCam 1.x can upgrade to version 2.0 for only $15, with 1.x purchasers within the last 90 days upgraded automatically. "Adding a webcam to your site can easily triple the amount of visitors, and it's a fun project," noted Brad Lowe, principal at Rearden Technology. "SiteCam was written for the Mac, so it lives up to the highest standards of ease-of-use, reliability, and AppleScript programmability, plus it has more features than any other WebCam program on any platform. Now with SiteCam 2.0, even dial-up users can add a terrific WebCam to their site in just minutes." For use with any WebSTAR API compatible server, SiteCam streams live video and serves instantaneous images from an Internet site. Any Internet user Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f can view SiteCam streaming video without any additional plug-ins or client applications automatically by using a Netscape or Microsoft browser. How Dial-Up Video Works For users with a modem connection to the Internet, SiteCam 2.0 features a built-in FTP client which automatically dials their ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. , sends live images or movies, and disconnects if the user was not already online. SiteProxy, an optional Rearden Technology plug-in, lets Webmasters rebroadcast streaming video from a modem connection directly to the Internet -- perfect for those interested in streaming video from a remote location. No Plug-ins Required For Live Streaming Video SiteCam captures video and delivers it to Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. (2.0 or higher) users without additional plug-ins or client applications. Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. users can view live video using our included Java applet A Java program that is downloaded from the server and run from the browser. The Java Virtual Machine built into the browser is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java application. . By using standard HTTP, SiteCam video is available to the maximum number of users, even those behind a firewall. Powerful Time-Lapse and Image Archiving From science experiments to construction projects, SiteCam captures QuickTime movies of any size, duration, or quality. Science teachers and researchers use SiteCam to record a variety of science experiments -- with the added benefit that experiments can be shared over the Internet while they're happening. Only SiteCam archives images and QuickTime movies, saving them with a custom date/time stamp. SiteCam can create a history of an unlimited number of images that are accessible via the Internet. The images can be used to create a time-lapse sequence showing anything from the construction of a building to the changing of seasons. Whether you want to upload a new image every 5 minutes via FTP or stream live video to hundreds of viewers, SiteCam gives you complete control over the final image. A logo, time stamp See timestamp. or background image can be added to each frame. Images can be cropped, rotated, and flipped for just the right presentation. SiteCam streams large and small, highly compressed or high-resolution images. Meanwhile, SiteCam can simultaneously capture time-lapse sequences, allowing an hour or an entire day's worth of images to be played back. Born three years ago as a shareware product called MacWebCam, SiteCam has been continually developed and advanced to meet the changing needs of Webmasters around the globe. Images or video can be added to an existing site with a single line of HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. code. A live web camera can be set up in minutes, and the more powerful features can be explored at a later time. A fully-functional SiteCam demo and live views of foggy San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden are available at http://www.rearden.com/. System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. SiteCam can run on any Macintosh (68020 or newer, PowerPC preferred) with Mac OS System 7.x or higher and QuickTime 2.5 or higher (3.0 recommended), over a MacTCP or Open Transport (preferred) network. Using 2MB plus storage for any number of historical images, SiteCam can take input from any QuickTime compliant video source, including any multimedia-enhanced Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh or any Connectix QuickCam. For video streaming See streaming video and video stream. a WebSTAR API compatible Web server is required. For automatic FTP, Scriptable PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) The most popular method for transporting IP packets over a serial link between the user and the ISP. Developed in 1994 by the IETF and superseding the SLIP protocol, PPP establishes the session between the user's computer and the ISP using and Threads Manager extensions are required. Pricing and Availability SiteCam 2.0 is available immediately for demo or purchase at http://www.rearden.com/ for $129 each, or $499 for a 10-pak. Educational discounts are also available by calling 415/550-7573. Users of SiteCam 1.x can upgrade to version 2.0 for only $15, with 1.x purchasers within the last 90 days upgraded automatically. About Rearden Technology Rearden Technology is a pioneer and industry leader in WebCam technology on the Mac OS. Located in San Francisco, Rearden Technology is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. serving corporations and individual users with pan/tilt & zoom camera, Internet camera solutions and software for intranet, extranet, and Internet Web sites worldwide. Further information on Rearden Technology, SiteCam, SiteZAP, or custom videocam solutions can be found at http://www.rearden.com/. -0- Note to Editors: SiteCam is a trademark of Rearden Technology. Apple, Mac, Mac OS, and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged. URLs SiteCam artwork and this press release in HTML format can be downloaded from http://www.rearden.com/company/pr.html. The SiteCam 2.0 information and demo are available at: http://www.rearden.com/sitecam/. A live demonstration of SiteCam, showing live views from San Francisco: http://www.rearden.com/live/streaming/default.html. CONTACT: Pearce Communications Naomi Pearce, 510/528-0824 naomi@well.com |
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