Re: [Trisquel-users] Camera security at home with free software

2017-08-13 Thread gnuser
Thanks everyone. The stuff GNUUU suggested seems nice but pricy... As for usb cameras it will be hard to use with a long extension (I don't think usb camera witll work with a 10m cable). Thanks for the info jxself. I was wondering the same thing. So, best option so far, how to input

Re: [Trisquel-users] Camera security at home with free software

2017-08-02 Thread pedrosilva
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/elphel-camera http://www3.elphel.com/ https://www.raptorengineering.com/content/HDCAM/intro.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] Camera security at home with free software

2017-08-02 Thread matt . ivie
Try using Zoneminder. It is in the repos and you can use capture cards with analog cams or IP cams that offer rtsp streams. I've run a few systems this way.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Camera security at home with free software

2017-08-01 Thread J.B. Nicholson
gnu...@openmailbox.org wrote: I have been thinking about getting a security camera to protect my house. At first I thought about using a wifi IP cam, there are a lot of them and they are cheap. However I am worried about them not working with GNU/Linux and requiring specific proprietary

Re: [Trisquel-users] Camera security at home with free software

2017-08-01 Thread jason
You should read the articles that Matthew Garrett posts. https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/ And, from reading what he posts, you should totally expect all embedded thing to have security holes (huge, major ones) that the manufacturer completely and totally ignores. Or in other words: Don't