Up for a few minutes then down again.
Dead . Hopefully not permanently . Really enjoyed this cam . RON
10:55 pm edt . Its up again . Still a bit jerky . Wonder how long it will stay up this time ? RON
It was operating in a jerky fashion yesterday (UK) afternoon-evening 28th. It’s operating at the moment (UK) 10.15am so I suppose your time would be about 04.15/05.15. We’ve even got our pet spider back weaving its way across the lens.
Heiter.
Oops! Should have said 27th, tired mis-type!
Heiter.
9:30 am .Gone again. Wonder what the problem is ? RON .
It went down about the same time here in the UK allowing for the time-difference. The picture has been jerky and was found to be going through the motions of replaying several frames occcasionally as somebody else had noted.
What I have also noticed recently is that it reappeared streaming at 500kbps and is now streaming 691kbps although the image screen is black. Just prior to the faults, the system was operating at 991kbps and the image was, as we know, a hit and miss affair…
Anybody seen the reddish brown spider yet…??
Heiter.
6:45 Its BAAAAACK!!! Who knows for how long .Still a bit jerky . We shall see . RON
Gone again . I think we can forget about this cam for a while . RON
I e-mailed the Roanoke Hotel hoping to get a responce - NOTHING!
Perhaps with enough complaints (I guess that is what you might call it) they
will get around to fixing it. I really like this cam - sure hope it isn’t gone for good.
Ron Wilson
I also e-mailed them last sunday and still no response. To me , this was the best web cam out there . RON
By not replying to you they can’t be accused of commiting themselves whatever the reason. They did eventually reply to me but that was just to state the obvious, that they needed another server to help cope with the upsurge in popularity of the rail-cam which is another way of saying that the hotel business comes first but if that’s the case then why don’t they just say that and stop beating around the bush??
Well it’s one or more of several trains of thought, excuse the pun! They, like me and others now, either can’t be bothered…or they can’t afford the cost of putting it right…or they’re trying to do it themselves but haven’t a clue. Anybody else with any thoughts or ideas…??
I can agree that it was probably the best rail-cam from what I’ve seen and if the cam at Rochelle was to be improved then that may detract from the visiting public, despite the reasons/excuses given. Perhaps I’m being too cynical…??
Heiter.
It exasperated me once too many times, so I unplugged it! [:-,]
If they need money , maybe they should solicit donations . Just a thought . RON
It’s back on again but running at the previous stream of 500 Kbps.
Heiter.
This is one cam I think we can chalk up as history .Its not worth the aggravation . RON
I don’t know which is worse, Roanoke or Rochelle!!! One is jerky when it’s on and the other is always jerky and too small.
If any organisation is going to do a job and expect credit for it then they should at least do the job properly or not bother. I think I’ll join the rest of you and pull the plug because none of them are worth the aggro’.
Cheers… Heiter.
Went from being the best u.s. railcam to one of the worst . Very disappointing. RON
The cam seems to be working well today (Sunday 30th.). I have looked at it, periodically, for over seven hours without issue. (noon -19.50)
I’ll concur that it has been working today but in a jerky fashion and usually with action closest to the camera being most affected. It has crashed and momentarily frozen a few times today too. I can’t recall the cam working yesterday at any time whatsoever. They’ve had it operating at four different rates that I know of but it hasn’t reached its high of 991kbps for a while. I’ll go with run and other’s and unplug it as it’s just not worth the hassle of the guessing game as to when it’ll be on or not.
Heiter.