From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 18 04:29:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77FC816A4CE for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 04:29:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2FBA343FDD for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 04:29:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: (qmail 16752 invoked by uid 505); 18 Nov 2003 12:30:15 -0000 Received: from root@pukruppa.de by dsl-mail by uid 502 with qmail-scanner-1.14 (spamassassin: 2.43. Clear:SA:0(0.0/5.0):. Processed in 0.25786 secs); 18 Nov 2003 12:30:15 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO reverse-213-146-114-24.dialin.kamp-dsl.de) (213.146.114.24) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 18 Nov 2003 12:30:15 -0000 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:32:08 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa X-X-Sender: root@pukruppa.net To: jdroflet@canada.com In-Reply-To: <20031117215001.18462.h007.c009.wm@mail.canada.com.criticalpath.net> Message-ID: <20031118132041.D10105@pukruppa.net> References: <20031117215001.18462.h007.c009.wm@mail.canada.com.criticalpath.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Webcam Server on Freebsd ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:29:31 -0000 On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 jdroflet@canada.com wrote: > I see it's been asked in the past but can't find any good answers. > A VP wants to set up a webcam to take pictures of some new construction > and put them on a web server. Since I was one of the people, who asked and never got an answer, I would advice you to be careful, before you buy anything. Try to find out, what linux-hackers do about this, and then have a look at the FreeBSD release notes, if the kind of hardware they use is supported. Uli. > > Could this be done inexpensively with a Logitech or Creative USB Webcam > plugged into a FreeBSD box do both the capture and serve the picture > pages ? > I don't think it would matter if it captured stills or could stream. > Does anyone have any experience with the ports out there ? > > Thanks in advance, Jay. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+