Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:25:33 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: David Greenman <dg@root.com> Cc: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD for home security cameras? Message-ID: <3C2CE34D.2010505@owt.com> References: <70661.1009571206@thrush.ravenbrook.com> <20011228131235.B44808@nexus.root.com>
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David Greenman wrote: >>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. Half of the time when I browse somewhere this little X-10 cam pops up. I thought it looked pretty interesting for just that purpose. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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