On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 05:51:04PM -0600, Ð???ä?? vÎ?????? wrote: > hey, my old teacher wants me to set up the 1 computer in the comp. lab as a > security camera (things seem to go missing there) and he would like me to > set it up with Linux and i dont know what i need to do it, can anyone give > me some help? all it needs to be able to do is stream video to the hard > drive
You have a webcam accessable through v4l? Then you can choose from a wide range of tools like mencoder, transcode and anything else that is able to capture from a v4l device. There are other tools like "motion" which can detect differences between pictures. >From the legal point of view you should respect all laws in your country which often means you've to put up signs stating that this please is monitored. Sven -- If God passed a mic to me to speak I'd say stay in bed, world Sleep in peace [The Cardigans - 03:45: No sleep]
