I second the recommendation on "motion". It works great with cheap webcams, and is higly customizable.
On 7/31/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try zoneminder (might be an over kill) or motion (has a builtin web > server) > > Works both quite well > > Ohad > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hetz Ben Hamo > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Israel Linux Mailing list > Subject: Re: webcam security software > > It really depends how do you access this webcam. > If it had a V4L/V4L2 interface, then the v4l userspace application > package has a program which is called "webcam" which just exactly what > you want. > > If you access it through http for example, then you can use wget in a > cron and be done with it. > > Thanks, > Hetz > > On 7/22/07, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm looking for a program that runs under Linux that will once a > minute > > connect to a webcam and save a frame. It can be just the single > > frame saver as I can run it in a loop or with cron. > > > > The Webcam is a stand alone device, not a V4L device. > > > > I need it for a home grown security system. > > > > Thanks, Geoff. > > -- > > Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] > N3OWJ/4X1GM > > IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 > > Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. > Visit my blog (hebrew) for things that (sometimes) matter: > http://wp.dad-answers.com > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
