On 5/7/03 11:40 PM, "Jerry Yeager" <jerry at browseryshop.com> wrote:
> You might try to try http://www.bensoftware.com/ > > They have a new beta release called > > SecuritySpy > Multi-camera video surveillance software > > available on Version Tracker: > > http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15600 > > > Alternatively have you considered installing a few web-cams that record > a frame once every 5 minutes or so? > > > > On Wednesday, May 7, 2003, at 04:41 PM, profile wrote: > >> MacGroup, >> >> I want to solicit some expert advice from the group. I have contacted >> Mark >> and Ward at MacTown, and they are checking, but it could be that >> someone in >> the group would also be able to help. >> >> I am building a home and I want to install security camera's at each >> of the >> entrances. I was going to use the ADT folks, for they had said their >> system >> would be able to integrate the security with the video...not quite so >> as it >> was explained. >> >> Now I have to have two different systems, one for security, one for >> video. >> I want the ability to observe and record to a hard drive the activity >> around >> the house. Each door is electrical and cable wired. >> >> What ADT had to offer was very expensive for what you get. A 30 gig. >> Hard >> drive that stamps date and time to the video, has a few buttons to >> push to >> move from one camera to another was so expensive, to add an Ethernet >> card >> would add $1,000.00! >> >> I ask if I couldn't just run the four coax cables to a box that would >> then >> use Ethernet (or firewire) to feed a computer, and of course they said >> yes...if I could find a vendor that would build such a box and if it >> would >> interface with the MAC. >> >> Hopefully I have given enough that someone can point me in a direction >> that >> will help....many thanks in advance. As the MAC is the premier >> machine for >> the video world, I feel someone out there must have a product that will >> adapt. >> >> John Robinson >> profile at aye.net >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be May 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> >> >> > Jerry, Thanks, I also had found the SecuritySpy on Version Tracker...seems it has a lot of bugs yet. I have sent them an email asking a few hardware and software questions. I am not familiar with how the Web-Cams work, any suggestion as to where to begin learning this setup? My thanks, John R. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
