> Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:39:01 +0800 > From: "Thomas Le" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [TriLUG] surveillance/security camera > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'd like to install security cameras around my house and I've heard that > people have done it using open source tools. I would appreciate anyone > sharing their experience about a (low cost) security camera project using > Linux and open source applications. > > Thanks, > Tom >
It sounds like you're looking for a heavy-duty solution and I have nothing to say about that. However, I've got a Logitech Quickcam Express plugged into my Ubuntu machine running Motion, a motion activated capture application. It works very well and captures in both jpeg and mpeg. It's good for pointing out the window at your car, inside at kitchen cabinets to determine which cat is eating everything not in a metal container, or at the shower curtain when your sister-in-law, uh, just kidding about that last part. It certainly isn't an 'enterprise class' solution, but it's about free. Motion is available at http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome or, on Ubuntu, apt-get motion. Jim -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
