Tom Metro wrote: > Marc Gerges wrote: > >> I started using a security camera with motion and am going to set up a >> second one soon. >> motion can generate an MJPEG stream... >> > > You refer to "motion" as if it is a proper noun. Is it the name of a > software package? > > It is - sorry for not specifying this. motion.sf.net
> If it could stream MPEG2 to a device, then you could use mvpmc's file > browser to open that device and view the stream in real time. (Or > perhaps with a tiny bit of glue code and a named pipe, if you wanted the > cameras to show up on an NFS exported file system.) > > Another approach might be using VLC (http://www.videolan.org/) to > transcode the MJPEG to MPEG2. (MJPEG appears to be a supported format.) > How this would tie in to the mvpmc UI, though, is less clear. > Far as I know, those cameras do not deliver MPEG2. I'm not a pro, but when I 'cat' from the device it looks different than my PVR-250 cards I use for myth :-) > Ideally, motion detection software running on the backend should send an > alert to the MVP, which would then show the triggering camera in a > picture-in-picture window momentarily, with a keypress bring it full screen. > That would be amazingly cool. motion can send an event when it detects a movement. Maybe this could be used to alert the mvpmc box? Regards, Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list Mvpmc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
