Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera
Ok i know its a bit of general question, but does anyone know of cheap webcams that just work in ubuntu. they have to be easy to set up. Ps i have found some apps in android that let you put a URL in let you view from there on phones home screen. So how would this work, would i have to set up some sort of streaming website for this? 2009/7/1 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace > Quoting javadayaz : > > > Hi, > > > > As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like to > > avail the phones unlimited data plan. Some of you may also know about my > > exploits are linking my media to a TV in my new house. > > > > I was just wondering if anyone here uses a webcam as security camera. > > Preferably in Ubuntu. I would like the ability to "dial in" and look in > as > > well. > > > > Has anyone had any experience in this? > > > http://www.zoneminder.com/ > > > IT works with USB and CCTV cameras including the ability to use Pan, > Tilt and Zoom from the web interface. IT allows you to setup Zones > that trigger recording and even set time-restrictions on when it > should record. > > It rocks. I've used it commercially and the customer was delighted! > > I've also used it in my house and it worked fine using a Thinkpad 570 > laptop as the "server". > > Kind regards, > > Matt > -- > Matthew Macdonald-Wallace > matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk > http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera
Quoting javadayaz : > Hi, > > As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like to > avail the phones unlimited data plan. Some of you may also know about my > exploits are linking my media to a TV in my new house. > > I was just wondering if anyone here uses a webcam as security camera. > Preferably in Ubuntu. I would like the ability to "dial in" and look in as > well. > > Has anyone had any experience in this? http://www.zoneminder.com/ IT works with USB and CCTV cameras including the ability to use Pan, Tilt and Zoom from the web interface. IT allows you to setup Zones that trigger recording and even set time-restrictions on when it should record. It rocks. I've used it commercially and the customer was delighted! I've also used it in my house and it worked fine using a Thinkpad 570 laptop as the "server". Kind regards, Matt -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera
javadayaz wrote: > motion sounds brilliant, and exactly what i need. > > But how would i view the feed? on a webbrowser? Yep, well you can view the images on a web browser and have a bit of javascript on the page to refresh the image or with a stream I'd guess you could view it in Firefox. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera
motion sounds brilliant, and exactly what i need. But how would i view the feed? on a webbrowser? 2009/7/1 David Jones > Rob Beard wrote: > > javadayaz wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like > >> to avail the phones unlimited data plan. Some of you may also know > >> about my exploits are linking my media to a TV in my new house. > >> > >> I was just wondering if anyone here uses a webcam as security camera. > >> Preferably in Ubuntu. I would like the ability to "dial in" and look > >> in as well. > >> > >> Has anyone had any experience in this? > >> > > Yes, there is a program in the repositories called Motion. It can > > capture still images or video (not sure about audio too) from a webcam > > or TV tuner (so you could plug a better camera in) and it will save the > > images, e-mail them or upload them to a web site. I used it for a > > studio web cam in a radio station I used to work at. IIRC it worked > > happily on an old P3 733 with 256MB Ram for capturing images and doing > > motion detection. It is also possible to use multiple cameras too and > > it also supports network webcams. > > > > The web site for motion is here: > > http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome > > > > There are other applications available, some simple and some more > > complicated (I found one which had a fancy web interface and all sorts > > of complicated stuff in it and never managed to get it working, but > > motion is fairly simple if you read the instructions on the > > configuration files). > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > I'd second the vote for motion mentioned by Rob, I used it on a > similarly spec'd machine with no problems. > > One thing to be aware of though, I found that if you tried to view the > stream/feed from the camera via the web from a windows machines, > Internet explorer wasn't capeable of displaying the feed. It was > something about the mjpeg format that motion uses is a classed as a > video stream, and the IE developers wouldn't include it because it was > video and not a fixed image. > > Dave > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera
Rob Beard wrote: > javadayaz wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like >> to avail the phones unlimited data plan. Some of you may also know >> about my exploits are linking my media to a TV in my new house. >> >> I was just wondering if anyone here uses a webcam as security camera. >> Preferably in Ubuntu. I would like the ability to "dial in" and look >> in as well. >> >> Has anyone had any experience in this? >> > Yes, there is a program in the repositories called Motion. It can > capture still images or video (not sure about audio too) from a webcam > or TV tuner (so you could plug a better camera in) and it will save the > images, e-mail them or upload them to a web site. I used it for a > studio web cam in a radio station I used to work at. IIRC it worked > happily on an old P3 733 with 256MB Ram for capturing images and doing > motion detection. It is also possible to use multiple cameras too and > it also supports network webcams. > > The web site for motion is here: > http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome > > There are other applications available, some simple and some more > complicated (I found one which had a fancy web interface and all sorts > of complicated stuff in it and never managed to get it working, but > motion is fairly simple if you read the instructions on the > configuration files). > > Hope this helps. > > > Rob > > > I'd second the vote for motion mentioned by Rob, I used it on a similarly spec'd machine with no problems. One thing to be aware of though, I found that if you tried to view the stream/feed from the camera via the web from a windows machines, Internet explorer wasn't capeable of displaying the feed. It was something about the mjpeg format that motion uses is a classed as a video stream, and the IE developers wouldn't include it because it was video and not a fixed image. Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera
javadayaz wrote: > Hi, > > As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like > to avail the phones unlimited data plan. Some of you may also know > about my exploits are linking my media to a TV in my new house. > > I was just wondering if anyone here uses a webcam as security camera. > Preferably in Ubuntu. I would like the ability to "dial in" and look > in as well. > > Has anyone had any experience in this? Yes, there is a program in the repositories called Motion. It can capture still images or video (not sure about audio too) from a webcam or TV tuner (so you could plug a better camera in) and it will save the images, e-mail them or upload them to a web site. I used it for a studio web cam in a radio station I used to work at. IIRC it worked happily on an old P3 733 with 256MB Ram for capturing images and doing motion detection. It is also possible to use multiple cameras too and it also supports network webcams. The web site for motion is here: http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome There are other applications available, some simple and some more complicated (I found one which had a fancy web interface and all sorts of complicated stuff in it and never managed to get it working, but motion is fairly simple if you read the instructions on the configuration files). Hope this helps. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera
Hi, As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like to avail the phones unlimited data plan. Some of you may also know about my exploits are linking my media to a TV in my new house. I was just wondering if anyone here uses a webcam as security camera. Preferably in Ubuntu. I would like the ability to "dial in" and look in as well. Has anyone had any experience in this? -- Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
