[Wolves] ip web cam

[Adam Sweet]

--- On Thu, 12/6/08, Re-LoaD <reload at brum2600.net> wrote:

> From: Re-LoaD <reload at brum2600.net>
> Subject: Re: [Wolves] ip web cam
> To: "Wolverhampton Linux User Group" <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Date: Thursday, 12 June, 2008, 11:58 AM
> John Kennedy wrote:
> > On Thursday 12 June 2008 10:42:50 Re-LoaD wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >> 	anyone recommend an application that would let me
> use a usb webcam as
> >> an ip cam on a Linux box
> >> i.e..
> >>
> >> 192.168.55.7:xxxx where the xxxx is the port of a
> webserver based cam.
> >>
> >> I would like the same sort of thing as the axim
> cams..
> >>
> >>
> >> any help most welcome
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Re-LoaD
> >>
> > 
> > Have you tried motion. It is a set of scripts that
> provide "motion" detection 
> > and web cam abilities. Works well.
> > John
> > 
> nope haven't tried any apps yet :)
> 
> I should have also said that this Linux box has no GUI its
> a remote box 
> in a rack and I would like to keep any eye on said rack :)

I think John's suggestion is probably more capable, but the program webcam is simple and captures every second or so to a jpeg which you can display in a standard html page, it's not streaming or video though, just repeated image capture.

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