On Sat, 28 May 2005, Yoni Levy wrote: > Hello, there is an application called motion which might help you, it > records a video or captures a picture when it detects motion . > You can place a camera near the entrance with motion running, and it > will take a picture of anyone entering ...
and it indeed work(ed) when i tried it (about 2 years ago), to spy on what my dog was doing when i wasn't home. i found one problem: the way that 'motion' is defined, is by the number of pixels of difference between two consecutive images. this made it hard to use with light canges (in the dak, movement causes only a few pixels to change, so it requires a low threshold. in the light, movement causes much more pixels to change. it was also not possible to define where in the pictures to make these calculations - it takes the entire picture for this calculation, whether you like it or not. thus, you need to do some "calibrating" for your lighting and movement conditions, and then it works quite well. it also only records once picture every X seconds, so it does not fill your hard drive too quickly. good luck, -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
