1. Why do live cams on businesses?
2. How do you do your live cams?
3. How much does it cost to do a cam installation?
4. What focal length cams should I use?
5. Where should I place my cam installation?
6. How do I network a cam?
7. How much bandwidth do the cams require?
8. How can I extend my network without cabling?
9. Using our cams and terms of use?
10. What settings should I use on a HIKVision cam?
11. I'm having trouble viewing your streaming cams?
12. My browser doesn't display videos?
13. Do you offer media links?
14. Can I link or embed your cams on my page?
15. Can I brand your cams with my logo and url?
16. Do you offer a cam API to integrate the cams on other sites?

Cams are a perfect way to show and market great locations, views and vistas from businesses -

• Cove Restaurant (Cape May, NJ)
• The Hotel Icona (Diamond Beach, NJ)
• Gilchrist Restaurant (Atlantic City, NJ)

or a great way to market with 'eyes on' live cams -

The live streaming cams are done by:

• HD CAMs with RTSP protocol
• access to high speed internet
• video streaming service

56th Street Beach (Ocean City)

• exact views cams on a real estate sales listing.
• exact views cams on a vacation rental.
• beach cams -
  • 56th Street Beach North
  • 56th Street Beach
  • 56th Street Tour
• Please Note! - these cams could also be used on nearby listings.

There are 3 cams

• 2 HIKVISION bullet (12mm & 4mm)
• 1 ZONEWAY 10X PTZ

at this location using dynamic DNS (dyn.com) and port forwarding and mapping for the 3 cams. The internet connection uses a linksys N300 router paired with a linksys RE6500 4 port network extender.

57th Street Beach (Sea Isle City)

• exact views cams on a vacation rental.
• beach cams -
  • 57th Street Beach North
  • 57th Street Beach
  • 57th Street Zoomed
  • 57th Street South
• Please Note! - these cams could also be used on nearby listings.

There are 4 cams

• 3 HIKVISION bullet (12mm & 4mm)
• 1 ZONEWAY 10X PTZ

at this location using dynamic DNS (dyn.com) and port forwarding and mapping for the 3 cams. The internet connection uses a linksys N300 router paired with a linksys RE6500 4 port network extender.

These three cams -

• Flanders Roof Top
• Double Shot Beach
• Double Shot Bridge

Typical cam installation and cost are -

single cam example (cost) -

4 cam example (cost) -

• Single cam setup (surface mount/direct wire)

  Hardware -

  • $150-$300 - 1 fixed cam or 1 PTZ cam
  • $20 - power supply
  • $150 - VPN wireless router
  • $100 - wiring/cables/adapters
  • $500 - setup/install
  • $1,070 - Total - hardware/install/setup
  Recurring Cost (*) -
  • $300-$500 - streaming software ($300-$500/cam/year)
  • TBD - maintenance/cleaning/adjusting

  Total First Year Cost - $1,570 (One PTZ cam)

• 4 cam install (with exterior box)

  Hardware -

  • $220 waterproof box
  • $600-$800 - 4 fixed cams or 3 fixed and 1 PTZ
  • $120 - 4 port POE switch
  • $150 - VPN wireless router
  • $60-$100 - 1 wireless access point or powerline adapter
  • $50 - fasteners
  • $100 - wiring/cables
  • $1,000 - setup/install
  • $3,490 - Total - hardware/install/setup
  Recurring Cost (*) -
  • $1,200-$2,000 - streaming software ($300-$500/cam/year)
  • TBD - maintenance/cleaning/adjusting

  Total First Year Cost - $4,490

  Typical cam installations should have

  • easy to get to location for maintenance and cleaning
  • 3-6 good views to leverage install and setup cost
  • optionally include at least 1 PTZ cam to allow a moveable view for seasons, tours, ..
  * - assumes existing bandwidth at locations!

Choosing the best focal length cam depends on how far you are from the subject and how much width of the view you want.

We typically use 4mm, 6mm, 8mm and 12mm focal length cams and experiment with all of them when on location.

• Same Exact Shot -
  • Wide (6mm)
  • Zoomed (12mm)
• Wide Shot (Beach/Food Court) - Note the Fisheye Effect
  • Wide (4mm)
  • Wide (4mm)
  • Wide (4mm) (less Fisheye effect, closer subject)
• Tighter Shots (Boardwalk)
  • 8mm

Some suggestions for cam installation are -

• multiple shots from the same location
• easy to clean and maintain
• readily available power or internet

Typically you put your cams behind a firewall/router and allow forwarding of RTSP 554 port to each respective cam.

Please Note! - It is a good practice to restrict the port access to specific IPs using ACL in your router.

The cams require very little download bandwidth speed; however, you can typically count on 700K to 1MB upload requirements per cam (see settings below).

You can test your existing bandwith by visiting this link -

We use different methods for extending networks without direct cables -

• D-Link Powerline AV2000
  Examples -
  • Absecon Lighthouse
  • Cape May Mall
• Linksys Network Extender
  Examples -
  • Long Beach Island
  • Ocean City Boardwalk
• Ubiquiti Nano Bridges
  Examples -
  • Margate Fishing Pier
  • Camdem, NJ

Our cams can be used for occasional and brief enjoyment for non business purposes. They can NOT be used -

• for steady and constant browsing or recording
• when strippng or removal of logos or advertising
• for commercial purposes

Firstly, we set the cams IP to and internal IP in our local network:

1. HikVision's SADP program

1. Security -> User
2. Network -> TCP/IP
3. Network -> UPnP
4. Network -> DDNS (if necessary - non-static IP connections)
5. System -> Time Settings
6. Video/Audio -> Video
7. Image -> OSD Settings
8. Image -> Display Settings -> Image Adjustment
9. Image -> Display Settings -> Exposure Settings
10. Image -> Display Settings -> Backlight Settings
11. Image -> Display Settings -> Image Enhancement
12. Image -> Display Settings -> Video Adjustment

1. Port Forwarding

1. Media -> Open Network Stream
   • using the local IP (no port # required)

     For Example - rtsp://user:[email protected]

   • using the external IP (port # required) OUTSIDE of the local network

     For Example - rtsp://user:[email protected]:554

The live streaming cams have been tested and readily work with:

• Firefox Browser
• Chrome Browser
• Safari Browser
• Internet Explorer
• iPhone
• iPad

On Google Chrome, you may need to disable 'Use Hardware Acceleration' -

• Settings (3 bars on top right)
• Advanced Settings (bottom of page)
• uncheck 'Use hardware acceleration when available' (bottom of page)
• close and then reopen chrome

On other browsers, you may need to install Adobe Flash Player -

On the droid based phones, you may need to install Firefox as an APP and/or 'Request Desktop Site' under settings.

Also Note!!! - Some networks disable the use of videos and/or your network's IP might be blocked (see next item).

We block IP's that use too much bandwidth (presently at 15GB/month).

Your IP is 172.70.130.207

Your IP is NOT blocked!

YES!! - News and Media can link and embed our cams provided, they -

• keep our advertising links
• credit AtTheShore.com and our location partner

• direct RTSP feeds
• adding additional dedicated high resolution cams at specific locations
• shared install, ongoing and maintenance costs

Yes! - You can link to our cams or embed them into your page! All we require for embedding the cams are a link and description of -

Embed code can be found by viewing the source html code on specific cams links. Direct specific cam links can be found at the bottom of our cam page.

YES! - We offer branded CAM solutions for a fee based on area and number of cams.

Examples -

• Home Pages
  • I Got View (IGV.com)
  • Jesse Real Estate
  • Berger Realty
  • Monihan Realty
  • Landis Company Realtors
• CAM Pages
  • Golden Nugget Casino (AC)
  • Harbour Cove Marina
  • Jesse Real Estate
  • Berger Realty
  • Monihan Realty
  • Landis Company Realtors

Yes! For example -