Have a look at Zoneminder (http://www.zoneminder.com/), a very nice surveillance app for Linux. Linux Media Labs makes 4 & 8-port analog capture cards that work with this app.
On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 11:01:40AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> A friend of mine recently asked me if any decent software exists for > >> Linux for managing security cameras. He intends to setup up 6 or 7 > >> cameras, and wants to be able to manage them from a MacOS X box. > > > > Seriously? Or is this a toy project? > > It's for a home business of sorts (a 24-hour car wash located on their > property but not visible from the house). So yeah, it's serious, but > not something he wants to dump a ton of money into. > > > Having used security cameras as part of my job, I can safely say that > > every digital camera system blows balls. If you want usable footage, > > go analog for this project. Whoever has to look at the footage for > > some minute detail will thank you for it. > > What about using analog cameras through a capture card? Would that be > good enough quality? > > Also, what kind of minute detail are you talking about? I'm sure he'd > like to be able to recognize faces, but I'm not sure he'd need more > detail than that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
