Outdoor USB webcam?

Gloomendoom

I've been fruitlessly searching for a waterproof webcam suitable for outdoor use with a USB interface. Does such a thing exist?

NiftyDigits

Look here

Perhaps there are cheaper versions around.

Big-Package

You can use a go pro as a webcam

bluesnake

there is a specification limit of about 5m for the length of usb cable. Often this is not enough from outside camera to PC

Admitted I have used a 6m cable on some stuff and it worked and on other it did not. On a disk drive only one 0.5m cable sort of worked (kept dropping connection) and the shorter cables worked flawless.

I also have tried pushing a usb signal down a 20m ethernet cable via special connectors, and that too failed even with separate power at the other end.

You do get special 'active' usb cables and the better ones have their own separate power going to it

kwikbreaks

The cameras linked to come with a 10m lead and considering the high price tag I'm guessing it's purppose designed to work at that length.

At the prices in that advert I'd look at using a cheap outdoor CCTV camera (figure < £30 unless high quality is needed) together with a USB video adapter (figure < £10 on eBay). I've done that for a weather cam on a weather station web page and it works well. The first USB adapter failed quite early but a second has been running several years now.

The video capture device I usedis shown on this page and the video feed it produces is on here