David- Too bad about your car, but you may be wasting your time on surveillance.
Studies of law enforcement in Great Britain have shown that video surveillence doesn't deter crime or help catch criminals. It only succeeds in destroying the privacy of citizens. For more information, visit the Surveillance Camera Players website http://www.notbored.org/the-scp.html -Steve > ---------- > From: David Croxford > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2002 6:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Video capture techniques > > Good afternoon everyone, > I have a senario that I'm trying to resolve and wonder if anyone here > has any experience in this new idea for me ... > I have had my car vandalized twice in the last year, most recently right > outside my house. Obviously a better alarm system is needed but with > the increase in technology available to thieves etc I'm looking for a > passive response that I can initiate to add at least a degree of > response for later evaluation by law enforcement. > I have concluded that the Orange Micro iBot web cam can provide the kind > of image that I need (640 x 480 Pixels) at up to 30 fps with a lens > capable of focusing from 1 cm to infinity. I'm also sure zi can refit > the camera into a more stable housing and gain a tripod socket. So the > hardware is no problem. > What I need is a utility that would capture one image every 20 - 30 > seconds for a period of 5 - 6 hours. The image at 72 ppi is equiv to > approx 990k so for a 6 hour run I would eat up a little less than a GB. > Does anyone here use such a utility or know where I could get one? So > far I've found plenty of small utilities, but none have offered a frame > capture every x seconds that could be programmed in via say prefs. > As always your help is much appreciated. > The iBot is a Firewire device so transferr shouldn't be a problem. I > have a PC 150 with a G3 400 card and an OrangeMicro USB/Firewire card > and 512 mb RAM. > > Thanks all, > Aloha > > David > > -- > � � � � � � � > D A V I D C R O X F O R D > http://home.earthlink.net/~photogdc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Waipio, HI > > > > -- > Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> > > Confidential This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are the property of Belkin Components and/or its affiliates, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipients or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
