Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo video camera security system

2008-09-18 Thread Grant
This is the the best (cheapest) for hobbyist (webcams or ntsc(pal) frame grabber boards for a (local) campus setting. If you are going to re-transmit the video (stream it) over a WAN or the Internet you've got a host of other issues to deal with. If this is the goal, save yourself lots of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo video camera security system

2008-09-18 Thread Michele Schiavo
Why not zoneminder ? it's web accessible save everything, send alarm notification and permit to make the video of the event. Also have monitor. Il giorno gio, 18/09/2008 alle 08.13 -0700, Grant ha scritto: ought this over and I think I'll avoid streaming over the internet. I have two

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo video camera security system

2008-09-18 Thread James
Michele Schiavo gentoo at micheleschiavo.it writes: Why not zoneminder ? it's web accessible save everything, send alarm notification and permit to make the video of the event. Also have monitor. You can try zoneminder with a camera or 2 and see if you like how it works. Personally, I

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo video camera security system

2008-09-16 Thread James
Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: I think USB cameras would be the way to go. Does anyone know of a USB camera that works well with Gentoo? Well I thought you were going to transmit (stream) the video acrosss the open internet. If you do, the bandwidth consumption becomes an

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo video camera security system

2008-09-16 Thread James
Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace.net.au writes: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:40:11 -0700, Grant wrote: I think USB cameras would be the way to go. Does anyone know of a USB camera that works well with Gentoo? You can also use standard composite output security