Weather, water, and whatever the lake throws at us
Equipment Scootercam starts 2026 with brand-new equipment and fiber internet. As of today, we’re down to one camera, but we’ve ordered a new PTZ camera. Here’s the hardware lineup: Website Work 2026 sees renewed focus on core site operations. We’re spending more time on optimization and speed, so the site loads quickly and without any … Read more
I’ll never forget you, Bug.
The staff here at Scootercam Worldwide have been tied up with a number of recent projects, and more than a few issues have come up. Here’s where we’re at: Raspberry Pi Camera Controller Scootercam’s video operations begin with the cameras themselves, but it’s a Raspberry Pi 5 that brings the images to the website. The … Read more
✔ Individual Current Condition Values [tempest value=”temp”][tempest value=”wind_gust”][tempest value=”humidity”] ✔ Complete Record Dashboards [tempest_records period=”today”][tempest_records period=”24h”][tempest_records period=”month”][tempest_records period=”all”]
Here’s the image processing workflow for Scootercam cameras. Today’s task involves defining and executing changes in the Scootercam raspberry pi service and matching php processor script. The processor will handle images, as described below; it will also manage “live” mp4 clips once per hour, nightly sunset mp4 and poster images, and the ongoing build of … Read more
[scootercam_latest_snapshot camera=”ptz”] [scootercam_snapshot_gallery limit=”20″] [scootercam_timelapse_gallery limit=”10″]
Scootercam Tempest Weather Plugin v4.0 A comprehensive WordPress plugin for displaying weather data from your WeatherFlow Tempest weather station. 📋 Table of Contents 🚀 Installation ⚙️ Configuration Getting Your API Credentials Finding Your Station ID Your Station ID is in your Tempest dashboard URL: Finding Your Device ID IMPORTANT: Your Device ID is NOT the … Read more
There have been several iterations of this system but the idea hasn’t much changed – a camera swings towards the setting sun and captures images, then produces a timelapse video of the sunset. In this version an image is captures every five seconds from 20 minutes before until 20 minutes after sunset. The issue came … Read more
A lot has changed at Scootercam in the last few weeks – almost everything, really. Here’s the rundown: New hosting provider We’ve moved from Hostinger to GlowHost and despite some rough first days, it’s looking good. GlowHost gives us access to ffmpeg, a utility that assembles our timelapse segments. Hostinger provided ffmpeg as well, but … Read more
