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Subject: Re: Webcams and FreeBSD
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Alle 12:05, domenica 25 settembre 2005, Ned Harrison ha scritto:
> I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 as a desktop operating system on my home
> computer.  I would like to set up a webcam for physical security/nature
> observation while I'm away from the residence.  Something simple, I just
> want to take periodic images and store them on an external hard drive.
>
> In the past couple of days researching this, I get the impression that
> it may be possible to do this but I have not found specific instructions
> on how to set it up.
>
> Even though I am a newbie, I have been able to get things working when I
> can find the right documentation. Does anybody know of an article which
> describes setting something like this up?
>
>
> Thanks
> Ned
>

Even though it seems to me a poor solution, here it is the best answer to a 
thread of mine on a similar subject:

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=74724+0+/usr/local/www/db/text/2005/freebsd-questions/20050911.freebsd-questions

Vittorio