[TriLUG] surveillance/security camera

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The author of  MisterHouse demo'ed it at a recent CharLUG meeting.

http://w3.misterhouse.net:81/

He's a wealth of knowledge on home security...



On 4/11/06, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm going to install ZoneMinder this week at the campground I support.  They
> have a hand full of cameras from Axis, a 205, 206W, 211, and a 213 PTZ.
> I'll be setting up the system for motion detection, etc.  I like how
> Zoneminder allows you to view four cameras (or more) via a web browsers as
> opposed to the Axis ACE software that allows you to do the same, but only on
> a Windows platform using their software with a $100 license.  Plus
> Zoneminder looks like it does a whole lot more.
>
> All that said, if you are looking for something more simple and you have
> only one camera I'd recommend going with good, old motion (on debian install
> by using "apt-get motion") and it will take are of just about everything for
> you except for the config file and there are plenty of examples on the
> motion website for that.  I used motion at my house last year while I was in
> Europe.  I wanted to see what the dogs were up to during the day and it was
> great for that.  I then used the linux utility "convert" to assemble all the
> screen captures into a quick mpeg movie.  That was all kinds of fun.
>
> Greg
>
> On 4/11/06, David Brain <dbrain at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > This, http://www.zoneminder.com/, looks to be one of the best
> > monitoring apps out there, it's 'on my radar' for something to use in
> > the event of getting hold of some cameras.  Has a very good set of
> > features and supports a wide range of cameras (network, usb, etc.).
> >
> >
> > On 4/7/06, Thomas Le <thomas_le at linuxmail.org> wrote:
> > > I'd like to install security cameras around my house and I've heard that
> > people have done it using open source tools.  I would appreciate anyone
> > sharing their experience about a (low cost) security camera project using
> > Linux and open source applications.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Tom
> > >
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