• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

cant get my cam to stream

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Ive been working on this all day and i cant get anywhere. i have a sony sx41 and i cannot get it to hook up to flash media encoder. i have all the correct drives running on win7 64bit on a toshiba a505. i just cant get it to work and i already bought chasertv subscription. :( google and ST search turned up nothing.
 
How are you connecting the camera to the computer?
Many camcorders will not stream video via the USB port. I don't know about that one.
 
I'm going to assume that he is indeed using the USB connection as another device wasn't listed in the original post. The SX41 camcorder records to flash memory. While you may have the correct drivers for this camcorder, the USB connection is only used to download clips that have already been recorded. There is no streaming through the USB. As far as I know, only tape based camcorders will stream through the USB (or Firewire). What you need to do is use the A/V port on the camcorder with a video capture/tuner device like the EasyCAP or Startech. There should be a cable that came with your Sony that connects to the proprietary a/v port and terminates in RCA composite and S-Video plugs. Those are the guys you'll be using to stream.
 
If you are considering a video capture device I would suggest you consider the Startech. I tried the Easycap (which, judging from EBay is widely knocked off) and have not been able to get it to work. I am returning the Easycap device and going with the Startech.
 
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