Foscam auto login & Chrome

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lhfarm

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I installed a "bus cam" for my granddaughter last year (http://cocoontech.com/forums/topic/22425-waiting-for-the-school-bus-cam/?hl=%2Bbus+%2Bcam#entry186689).  She loves it (actually her parents really love it).  We have a short-cut on her desktop that fires up the camera without the need to login.  We are using Chrome and it is clear that they are now blocking the web page.  The old short-cut stopped working and we can't figure out the setting in Chrome to allow this URL to work - http://192.168.x.x/videostream.cgi?user=xxx&pwd=xxx  Any suggestions?
 
Thanks,
Barry
 
This may be too obvious, but ...  If the camera is using DHCP maybe it acquired a new IP address.  Your hardcoded 192.168.xxx.xxx is now 192.168.xxx.yyy.  Use the "foscam-IPCamera.exe" utility to find the IP address.
 
drvnbysound said:
Has there been any upgrade to the camera (e.g. firmware)? I could see where a firmware revision could disable something like this for safety reasons.
 
For example:
 
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/14/tech/web/hacked-baby-monitor/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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sda said:
This may be too obvious, but ...  If the camera is using DHCP maybe it acquired a new IP address.  Your hardcoded 192.168.xxx.xxx is now 192.168.xxx.yyy.  Use the "foscam-IPCamera.exe" utility to find the IP address.
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There hasn't been a firmware change and the camera is on a static IP address.  I have a newer version of the camera at home that exhibits the same behavior in Chrome.  You can just enter the address and the standard login screen appears.  Enter the name and password and the video appears.  It is just the auto login that is failing.
 
Also the auto login URL does work correctly in Firefox.  So I'm confident that this is a Chrome issue.  Obviously, we can switch to Foxfire, but can't believe this isn't solvable in Chrome.
 
Thanks,
Barry 
 
I downloaded the latest Chrome and its busted just like you said.  A little research shows that other people started having this same issue starting in September with a Chrome update.  Using the normal camera interface works.  Using the direct url for snapshot.cgi works, but videostream.cgi doesn't. A web page with an embedded video stream did work for me.  Try creating a .html file on the desktop like this:
 

Code: 
<html>

<body>

<img alt="" src="http://172.16.1.101/videostream.cgi?user=admin&pwd=">

</body>

</html>
 
 
Thanks!  That will work.  I'd still like figure out the issue in Chrome.  It seems like a bug to me.
 
I do really appreciate the help as will granddaughter, mom and/or dad as they won't be standing in the rain and snow too while waiting for the bus!
 
Barry
 
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