December 2009
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Easy YouTube submission for your highlights
Today you’ll find a button on your video playback page that gives you one-click submission of highlight videos to your YouTube account. Use this for video blogging, annotating your clips, or just as an alternate way to share your clips!
November 2009
2 posts
Mobile viewer for iPhone, Pre, etc. -- hlcam.com/m
Point your phone’s browser to hlcam.com/m to watch your latest highlights from anywhere.
Hlcam.com/m can be used with any phone that has a browser to see animated previews* of your five most recent recordings. And for smartphone users, click on a preview to watch the entire highlight video with sound. (Compatible with iPhone, Palm Pre, and any mobile device that can play MP4 video.)
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Get new highlights whenever you want.
Ever watch your latest highlight video and can’t wait to see what happens next? HighlightCam usually looks for highlights once an hour—but now you don’t have to wait.
Look for the new “Ask camera to process latest video now” button on your Playback page:
When you press this button, from any computer, HighlightCam will immediately start processing your most recent...
September 2009
3 posts
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How to connect a CCTV camera to HighlightCam
CCTV cameras are very commonly used for security, but archiving and remote viewing the footage can be a nightmare. In this article we’ll help you connect your CCTV camera to HighlightCam, so you can review a whole day’s security footage in just minutes, even from a remote location.
Hardware Requirements:
CCTV cameras most often use either RG-59 coaxial cables (with BNC-type...
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Video Summarization API released
Now you can submit your own videos to be shortened to any desired length using the HighlightCam video summarization infrastructure. Details here:
HighlightCam API at Google Code
You can see a great example of the API applied to a nature documentary in this writeup over at VentureBeat:
Automatically cut videos down to the best parts: HighlightCam releases API
and a technical...
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Complete site redesign
Our graphic design team just finished a complete overhaul of the site, which went live as of midnight PST. We’re very proud of the polished new look, and the inclusion of some much-requested new functionality:
On the Playback page, choose “Grid View” to see all your video thumbnails at once laid out in a grid. If you’ve recorded more than a few hours of videos, this...
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Highlighting now works with moving cameras!
A big improvement to our video summarization algorithm just went live. We now do a great job detecting moving objects against a static background, even when the camera itself is moving.
The algorithm deals particularly well with two of the most common “moving camera” scenarios:
Panning security cameras. Interesting activity will be picked out whether the security camera is fixed...
August 2009
6 posts
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PetWave.com joins Highlightcam affiliate program
PetWave.com, a great source for information about pet health-care, has joined HighlightCam as an affiliate.
We provide a free pet monitoring service to PetWave members, so that they can easily keep tabs on their sick dogs and cats when they have to go to work. I’ve used it already when my dwarf rabbit Cadbury was under the weather.
Want to provide HighlightCam as a service to your...
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Your timezone is now recognized automatically!
As of tonight, video timestamps no longer default to Eastern Standard Time. Now your computer’s timezone preferences are automatically used instead.
We’re as happy about this as you are—HighlightCam hasn’t been based on the East Coast for a long time now!
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Embed your latest highlight video
Just like with YouTube, HighlightCam now lets you embed your latest highlight video anywhere on the web—like this blog post:
The embed code for your recordings is on the Playback page under Sharing and Embedding.
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Some nice writeups for HighlightCam
We’ve been getting some good attention since HighlightCam launched. Here are a few highlights:
TechCrunch - YC-Funded HighlightCam Makes It Easy To Remotely Watch Babies, Pets And Burglars
Y Combinator - “I have HighlightCam monitoring my baby in his crib— it’s fabulous (and easy). Congrats on the launch guys!”
LifeHacker - HighlightCam Is a Quick and Easy...
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What are people using HighlightCam for?
Baby monitor
Glimpse a mouse zipping through the kitchen
Catch the garbage guys knocking over your cans
Keep an eye on the cash register
Watch the rabbits while on vacation
Look for deer in the back yard
Monitor the house while a realtor shows it off
Burglar alarm
See who wanders past your laptop
Recap a party
Summarize a lecture
Use HighlightCam to find the best parts in any video. ...