From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 13 19:54:03 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 52FBB16A41F for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:54:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matthew@thebunker.net) Received: from male.aldigital.co.uk (male.thebunker.net [213.129.64.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82F2943D5C for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:53:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matthew@thebunker.net) Received: from lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (gateway.ash.thebunker.net [213.129.64.4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by male.aldigital.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B92A976F9; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:53:55 +0100 (BST) Received: from lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j8DJrtiG000946; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:53:55 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j8DJrswT000945; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:53:54 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:53:54 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: vittorio Message-ID: <20050913195353.GA29235@lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , vittorio , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200506040056.04165.vdemart1@tin.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200506040056.04165.vdemart1@tin.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: video surveillance with freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:54:03 -0000 --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 12:56:03AM +0200, vittorio wrote: > The aim: with up to 4 small cameras connected to a pci board in a freebsd= 5.4=20 > box, scattered suitably around to guard, surveille a seaside resort flat = ***=20 > remotely ***. The open-source software I'm looking for should:=20 > 1) manage the pci board & the cameras; > 2) start,trigger a script for, e.g., a gsm connection to transmit images = to a=20 > remote server via ppp OR start an alarm *** whener a motion is detected = ***. >=20 > Is there any software in the ports satisfying these requirements? =20 multimedia/camserv which will manage a bunch of video cameras connected by some TV tuner cards and convert the output info the sort of camera images you can view on a website. I don't think it does motion detection though. We tend to use cameras with that function built into them -- for instance http://www.axis.com/products/cam_210/index.htm -- which do just about everything you could wish for. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 8 Dane Court Manor School Rd PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Tilmanstone Tel: +44 1304 617253 Kent, CT14 0JL UK --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iQCVAwUBQycuUZr7OpndfbmCAQKYtAQAuNCZQ8efc5tcyvOrTgfZXUp9ZxUEEB5w tMeDoSnaYfk2Rj4yhZFwHux6ng5V3VKxg6U1yvQ7k0gEMTHshDXv9e9totC/qnwL igdg9LFZZo5DHD6gqbgwb2gxRWG1NPTL7kcMLk3/ChRMgoGHzrsyUJVWdkUQbajJ mRyWf9MFKi4= =b7gm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6--