Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:12:35 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD for home security cameras? Message-ID: <20011228131235.B44808@nexus.root.com> In-Reply-To: <70661.1009571206@thrush.ravenbrook.com>; from Nick.Barnes@pobox.com on Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 08:26:46PM %2B0000 References: <70661.1009571206@thrush.ravenbrook.com>
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>My house was burgled just before Christmas. Next time this happens, >it would be satisfying to present the police with pictures of the >villains in the act of carting off our TV in our wheelbarrow, or >ransacking our CD collection. I'm thinking a few cheapo cameras, >inside and out, hooked up to a server in an inaccessible spot >(e.g. the attic) or off-site, after I get a cable modem. I would >prefer FreeBSD on the server. What's the economic way of building a >system like this? You know, I've been thinking about doing something very similar. I haven't really looked into this much yet, but it seems like one could use a video capture card like the Hauppauge WinTV along with the ports/graphics/fxtv software. It looks like fxtv could use some modifications, however, such as a way to reduce the framerate, to make it more suitable for surveillance applications. I'm not sure how well this would work with multiple WinTV cards and cameras, nor do I know how much disk space this is going to eat...but even having the last few hours of video would be useful. -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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