If Lloydcam was operational, an image at the time of loading this page is shown here to the right of the Lloydcam logo.
If present, click this image to play audio and video content with Flash in a pop-up window. However, if video was not enabled by the operator and Lloydcam was operational a black screen is shown above. Please note that if Lloydcam is operational the content is at the discretion of the operator.
An alternative Boothbay Harbor webcam is:
HELP: Lloydcam is the integration of less
than robust technologies (seeTECHNICAL
DETAILS
below). To use Lloydcam, Flash, Java and JavaScript should be
enabled in your browser.
The video may stop streaming as a consequence of server outages and
timeouts.
The servers involved include
the Maine Hosting Solutions server which hosts lloyds-of-maine.com
from which this page was read, a domain name server at
deerfield.com, and
finally the BroadCam server on the Lloydcam host PC.To check your
Java plugin try TECHNICAL
DETAILS A DMR webcam used to be
located at McKown Pt, N43°
50.632' W69° 38.409' with its optic axis bearing
090(M), towards "G9", the Boothbay Harbor entry marker (see chart image
below).
Brown's camera is
located at N43°
50.689' W69° 37.561' with its optic axis sweeping the entire harbor.
Lloydcam
usually employs one of
a number of remote controlled
XCam2
mini-security cameras from X10.com
mounted outside (impacted by rain,
snow etc).Sometimes a tripod mounted Sony camcorder is used for special
events or to obtain improved image quality (behind a glass window which
is exposed to weather). Transmission is over 2.4GHz
analog RF links to an analog video to DV converter. Radio
frequency noise from nearby microwave ovens, boat radar and WiFi often
impact
video transmission. Static, non weather related, image aberations are
typically the result of refections.The
Lloydcam harbor view
camera is located at N43°
50.611' W69° 37.597' (see chart image below) with its optic axis bearing
0340 (M) towards the Boothbay Harbor entry marker [G"9" flashing
green
(4s)]. G"9" is seen in the Snapdragon II and Bounty photo above.
G "9" is ~0.2nm from the camera . Streaming video is
provided via DSL to the net from a PC
operating Windows 7x64 with a BroadCam
Streaming Video Server by NCH Software.. The Lloydcam
website uses a
combination of Flash, Java and JavaScript. This particular
video
streaming capability was last revised in November 2009 and changed to Flash A/V for improved performance over Microsoft Windows Media Player 12 which is provided with Windows 7. The DMR camera shown in the chart image below seems to have been out of service for several years. It was located at McKown Pt, N43°
50.632' W69° 38.409' with its optic axis bearing 090(M)
, again towards "G9", the Boothbay Harbor entry marker (see chart image
below).