Symi Chat

Is the webcam acting up again or is it my pc?I'm only getting a third of the picture.

It's acting up again, sorry.

I'll see what can be done tomorrow.

The webcam was replaced this morning.

Thank you Allan

All part of the service Mille.

Hopefully it will be more reliable now.

Cheers Allan

But Allan and Mille, I still only get a quarter of the picture. It starts off full then goes down again, its so frustrating . If its been replaced , then, do you think its my laptop ?

Joanie, I'm afraid I suffer from the same half a view as you do.

I suspect it's the internet connection from Symi that causes the cam to appear half.

Thanks Mille, its good to know I'm not on my on then ha ha! How are you keeping Mille and how's your gorgeous little one ?
Just under 1 week to go !! lol

seems to be jammed

I haven't been able to view the webcam for the past 2 days , not sure if my PC is playing up again or if it's a problem with the webcam. Is anybody else having problems

Same here,Gemma. I got half a picture and then nothing at all. Must be the rain lol.

I'm not even getting half a picture kojak

Yippee! The webcam is back and the sun is shining (in Symi and also here in St Albans).

Nope! Still only a thin sliver of picture.

I've got a full screen of beautiful Symi this morning

You must have used it all up, Gemma. I've only got half a picture!
I speak too soon - second time around it came good.

The half-picture thing happens a lot and is usually caused by your computer viewing the picture while it's still uploading from the camera. The Symi internet connection can be very slow at times and it takes several seconds for the picture to be uploaded to the server.

If you see just part of the image the best thing to do is wait ten seconds or so and then refresh the page by pressing f5.

If you just wait for the picture to refresh automatically it will do that in 30 seconds and is likely to grab just part of the next picture as it's being uploaded. By waiting a few seconds and forcing a refresh it gets your computer out of step with the camera so you get the full picture. So to speak.


Incidentally, I started wondering the other day just how many individual Symi pictures have been taken by the webcam and decided to work it out (I know, I need to get out more).

The camera was installed in its present location at the end of July 2008, taking pictures every 30 seconds day and night. Give or take the odd few days of 'down time' that means it's taken around 3,500,000 pictures.

That's a LOT of Symi!!

A record? Or worthy of starting an island web cam record? Oh and yes Allan - you do need to get out more!

Just noticed that the time shown at the top of the webcam picture is one hour ahead of actual Greek time. Now it might sort itself out at the end of March when the clocks change, but it might not.....

It is supposed to be synchronised to a time server and should change automatically twice a year to cope with Daylight Saving Time. But it doesn't

It will 'come right' when the clocks change in March so at least it'll be correct for the all important Webcam Wave season.