[sclug] Security cameras/Web Cams

[Matt]

On Sun, 2005-05-08 at 16:02, Neil Owens wrote:
> I've been looking at installing a couple of cameras at home and using the
> Motion software :-
> http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome
> 
> to do the motion capture etc.  I've got a box but will need a capture card
> and some cameras (USB or plain video)
> 
> Has anyone got this or something similar going?  I'm still too new to Linux
> to feel like I'll get this working without some help and the nearer the
> better :-)  

A few years ago, a flatmate of mine at the time played with Motion using
IIRC a camcorder wired up to his TV card inputs. Had a fair few hours of
fun playing with what it could and couldn't realistically detect. ISTR
all it wanted was a Video4Linux device.

If you're wanting this for security applications, there's also
ZoneMinder; http://www.zoneminder.com/ which appears to be dedicated to
the task.

HTH

Matt
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