P2P spycam

Hi,

I'd like to ask where one would get this?

Thanls,

Alan

I'd like to know as well.  I'm looking for one that links to my computer as I want to display the results on a large monitor in the train room.

Spy camera, hmm? Check the company store at Control Headquarters, although if you can get your hands on the one used by K.A.O.S. it came equipped with the early version of image stabilization. If you do go to Control Headquarters, say hello to Hymie for me.

Look up P2P spycam 1080p on Ebay  John, if willing to wait, about $15 from China. Higher from US based 

ajzend posted:

Hi,

I'd like to ask where one would get this?

Thanls,

Alan

Alan, 

i originally ordered from China. That didn’t transpire. I’m not sure if I can do a link to the dealer in this post. Not sure of the forum rules. But will try to email you later

Ron_S posted:

Look up P2P spycam 1080p on Ebay  John, if willing to wait, about $15 from China. Higher from US based 

I could have offered less. Order a lot of product for my job from china. Burned 3out of 3 times on these shipped from china. 

Shawn,

Like with many entities, you have to work the bugs out, I order product from China every week, some is super slow to get here, nearly all is electronics or products for trains. I have dealt with one of the suppliers for larger cams and received the product within a month. 

I can't comment on your troubles, but for me, I have good luck with offshore orders.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

I'd like to know as well.  I'm looking for one that links to my computer as I want to display the results on a large monitor in the train room.

John, sent you a email from beatles@....If it’s cool to link here feel free to post

Ron_S posted:

Shawn,

Like with many entities, you have to work the bugs out, I order product from China every week, some is super slow to get here, nearly all is electronics or products for trains. I have dealt with one of the suppliers for larger cams and received the product within a month. 

I can't comment on your troubles, but for me, I have good luck with offshore orders.

Yeah,. I will no longer deal with China post. Which is the route for the way I ordered. The extra 10 is worth the reduction in BS. Living in NY the extra 10 is like a dime. 

Time to pull back the shrink to install a remote switch and push button

I am tinkering with the idea of mounting one of these in a Williams GP-38 which has spare room inside shell for the unit, still not sure if flush mount it or just surface mount for the first try, I have a cracked shell to experiment with for ways to mount it, on nose, in cab, on front of frame, etc.

I just ordered a set from Hong Kong with external mic I can trim or muffle so not getting the engine noise, and will see how the shipping goes.

Thanks for the idea Shawn.

Yeah, I got some great deals on bodies and chassis from Nassau hobbies mine is going into a Sd70 Katy engine

I'll wait until I hear some user reports, these are the same kind of unit I bought several of, and the performance leaves much to be desired.  They talk about 1080p resolution, but then in the fine print the video resolution is much lower at 10 FPS.  That's not good enough for me.

I am interested in seeing how bad the lag is on that camera more than anything. Yes 1080P@ 10 FPS is somewhat low and its usually a sign of a cheap processor. Add WiFi to the mix and I wouldn't be surprised to see upwards of 3-5 seconds of delay.

My theory is this, if it isn't good enough for a FPV quad copter setup, in terms of lag, its not good enough for me and my trains. I ended up just using an analog system with an FPV TX/RX and it works pretty well, just a few pops of video loss but not enough to annoy me.

True 1080P lag-less video is available but not at a $15 price point but hey, I do hope to be wrong about this one lol

I will be keeping an eye out for the review!

Thanks!

I used a similar camera to that but put it in a target launch car because it already had the innards I needed. I also installed a step down converter to keep the battery charged. It works ok. Picture is alright but what do you want for about a 20 dollar investment including the train car.

http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/...er=0&cspheader=1

Specs

Why didn't you just post the eBay auction #?

I as well looking at FPV or spy with minimal latency and connection to my PC.

Part of my living is video related. I laugh when I see people stricky use the frame rate as a reference to quality. The overall image is really a factor of three things. 

The processor power to encode the video. The compression within the video format. ( Number of I,P frame pictures producing the image. This can vary depending on the camera. So, A camera with plenty of CPU horsepower set to use no compression in which all P frames are displayed will ultimately have a better picture quality at a given frame rate. But, like everything else in life - the computer decoding horsepower is also a factor. You might be surprise how many new base computers with minimal capabilities would have issues with 30fps image at 1080p

with low compression. The computer itself creates lag in the video. So, sort of a crap shoot. When minimal specs are supplied. Yes, the network is another issue!

Most of the 4K stuff today with high resolution and fps requires the use of decoding via the video card. Where the h264 or h265 is offloaded to the video card. Especially the case when many hi resolution images need to be displayed 

The cam quality of this cam is like the Lionel caboose cam. A matter of fact. That cam is probably a stripped down version.

i absolutely agree,  I would love mjpeg video at 30fps! But, really how much will I use this thing?  I need to connect via Microsoft vlc to see what that actual stream looks like. If I can determine the stream profile using wireshark.