Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:40:42 +0200 From: John Oxley <john@yoafrica.com> To: Ned Harrison <ned.woody1@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Webcams and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20050926114042.GC20094@yoafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <1127642724.8139.29.camel@Coxcomm.om.cox.net> References: <1127642724.8139.29.camel@Coxcomm.om.cox.net>
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On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 05:05:24AM -0500, Ned Harrison wrote: > 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? If you are not bound to FreeBSD, I recommend installing Linux. USB webcams work much better under Linux, and there is a package called motion which only records if there is a certain amount of motion detected which is a better setup for security anyway. -John -- John Oxley Systems Administrator Yo!Africa E-Mail: john at yoafrica.com Tel: +263 4 858404 echo '9k[l:l;s<s=0l>x]s"[1+l<dd*l=d*-l;+ds<rl=2**l:+ds=d*rd*+4<-d15>>] s>[q]s-[d77/3*2-s;47l"x-P1+d78>`]s`0[d23/.5-3*s:0l`xr10P1+d24>$]ds$x'|dc
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