Monitor your home with Skype Video
By
Jane Hoskyn on October 6, 2006 in Skype tips and tricks.
Skype Video is a multi-talented beast. Not only will it let you chat face-to-face with friends on the other side of the world, but it'll also keep an eye on your home when you're away. Which certainly beats giving a spare key to your weird next-door neighbour so he can come round and watch all your Patrick Swayze DVDs.
For guidance on using Skype Video as a home monitor, check out this discussion on the Skype forum. Crucially, you can start the video stream remotely over the net, without anyone needing to be in your house to accept the call.
For its next trick, Skype will figure out a way to check that you didn't leave the iron on this morning.
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Hi Jane - I'm the winner of the Skype B-Day card contest and I have a comment/question related to this post.
I would love to add video to my Skype experience. Where can I find the list of Skype certified webcams? And why aren't all webcams supported?
Knowledgebase offers up this article:
http://support.skype.com/index.php?_a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetails&_i=597
In it, there is a link (www.skype.com/go/shop.accessories) for purchasing a compatible webcam from Skype but it leads to a list of accessories - none of which are webcams. *scratching head* Have any ideas?
Which webcam do you use?
Thanks,
Susan
soofalk | Sunday, Oct 8
got it...
You can find a list of webcams from Skype store here:
http://accessories.skype.com/section?secid=39161
You can find a list of working (user tested) webcams here:
http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=41162
soofalk | Sunday, Oct 8