Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-25 Thread John R Pierce
On 02/25/11 3:27 AM, ken wrote: > I read that. I would imagine that a lot of digital cameras-- in fact, a > lot of digital devices-- employ Linux in their firmware. If I were > writing code for an ARM processor, that's what I'd do. Why reinvent the > wheel? You'd think under the GPL they'd be r

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-25 Thread Keith Roberts
On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Les Mikesell wrote: > To: centos@centos.org > From: Les Mikesell > Subject: Re: [CentOS] security cameras > > > If you need that, it might be better to get a bundled > standalone system that includes the recording hardware. If you Google for "

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-25 Thread Lamar Owen
On Thursday, February 24, 2011 08:25:35 pm Chuck Munro wrote: > Open-source software such as ZoneMinder works with cameras from several > manufacturers, and runs on CentOS. I personally haven't tried it, but I > understand it works well. I'm running a zoneminder instance on CentOS 5 under VMwar

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-25 Thread ken
On 02/24/2011 08:25 PM Chuck Munro wrote: > > > From experience I can attest to the fact that PAL/NTSC CCTV cameras are > significantly inferior to modern digital security cameras. I have used > devices from Axis, who appear to be the largest and most diverse > manufacturer (www.axis.co

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-24 Thread Chuck Munro
On 02/24/2011 09:00 AM, centos-requ...@centos.org wrote: > On 02/23/2011 01:36 PM John R Pierce wrote: >> > On 02/23/11 10:16 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: >>> >> I think you will get far better video quality using CCTV >>> >> cameras than a webcam on a USB port. >> > >> > you may think that, but

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-24 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/24/2011 9:59 AM, ken wrote: > >> >> Trendnet has some. You'd need to get the java plugin working to view >> them in a linux browser - not sure about full-time recording software. >> If you don't have enough to justify a POE switch, you can get individual >> power bricks that plug into the lin

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-24 Thread Brett Moss
> Trendnet has some.  You'd need to get the java plugin working to view > them in a linux browser - not sure about full-time recording software. > If you don't have enough to justify a POE switch, you can get individual > power bricks that plug into the line to add power at a convenient place.

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-24 Thread ken
On 02/23/2011 02:00 PM Les Mikesell wrote: > On 2/23/2011 12:36 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 02/23/11 10:16 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: >>> > > Trendnet has some. You'd need to get the java plugin working to view > them in a linux browser - not sure about full-time recording software. > If

Re: [CentOS] security cameras (not USB, not CCTV)

2011-02-23 Thread ken
On 02/23/2011 01:36 PM John R Pierce wrote: > On 02/23/11 10:16 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: >> I think you will get far better video quality using CCTV >> cameras than a webcam on a USB port. > > you may think that, but those solutions you mentioned are all NTSC > composite video, while even a $30

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 9:12 AM, wrote: > Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Always Learning >> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 18:04 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: >>> TCP/IP cameras would work with any OS, most just FTP or whatever the pictures to a webser

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/23/2011 12:36 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 02/23/11 10:16 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: >> I think you will get far better video quality using CCTV >> cameras than a webcam on a USB port. > > you may think that, but those solutions you mentioned are all NTSC > composite video, while even a $30 USB

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread John R Pierce
On 02/23/11 10:16 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: > I think you will get far better video quality using CCTV > cameras than a webcam on a USB port. you may think that, but those solutions you mentioned are all NTSC composite video, while even a $30 USB webcam now days is 2 megapixels or higher. anyway

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread Keith Roberts
On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, ken wrote: > To: CentOS Mailing List > From: ken > Subject: [CentOS] security cameras > > I heard about some inexpensive security cameras which get their power > through the same cat5 cable which delivers the data/pictures (which > would simplif

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread Len Kuykendall
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:30:56 -0500 > From: geb...@mousecar.com > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] security cameras > > On 02/22/2011 09:02 PM B.J. McClure wrote: > > Not sure it will answer your question but there was an article in > > December 2

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread B.J. McClure
Wed Feb 23 10:49:46 EST 2011, RHEL 6, Linux 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 athlon On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 10:30 -0500, ken wrote: > On 02/22/2011 09:02 PM B.J. McClure wrote: > > Not sure it will answer your question but there was an article in > > December 2010 issue of Linux Magazine re surveillance camera

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread ken
On 02/22/2011 09:02 PM B.J. McClure wrote: > Not sure it will answer your question but there was an article in > December 2010 issue of Linux Magazine re surveillance cameras and linux. > > HTH. > > B.J. > > BJ, I looked around Linux Mag's site for quite a while, did a couple searches, and

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread Trutwin, Joshua
> I heard about some inexpensive security cameras which get their power > through the same cat5 cable which delivers the data/pictures (which would > simplify wiring tremendously). Does anyone know about these? Do they > work with Linux, particularly CentOS? I have a security camera, though not

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread Mike
On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, ken wrote: > I heard about some inexpensive security cameras which get their power > through the same cat5 cable which delivers the data/pictures (which > would simplify wiring tremendously). Does anyone know about these? Do > they work with Linux, particularly CentOS? > > >

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:12 PM, wrote: > Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Always Learning >> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 18:04 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: >>> TCP/IP cameras would work with any OS, most just FTP or whatever the pictures to a webser

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread m . roth
Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Always Learning > wrote: >> >> On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 18:04 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: >> >>> TCP/IP cameras would work with any OS, most just FTP or whatever the >>> pictures to a webserver you provide, or they run their own server and >

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread Thomas Dukes
sday, February 23, 2011 7:50 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] security cameras > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Always Learning > wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 18:04 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > > > >> TCP/IP camer

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 18:04 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > >> TCP/IP cameras would work with any OS, most just FTP or whatever the >> pictures to a webserver you provide, or they run their own server and >> you can wget the pics off them.

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-22 Thread Always Learning
On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 18:04 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > TCP/IP cameras would work with any OS, most just FTP or whatever the > pictures to a webserver you provide, or they run their own server and > you can wget the pics off them. but I've never seen any IP cameras I'd > call really cheap.

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-22 Thread John R Pierce
On 02/22/11 5:27 PM, ken wrote: > I heard about some inexpensive security cameras which get their power > through the same cat5 cable which delivers the data/pictures (which > would simplify wiring tremendously). Does anyone know about these? Do > they work with Linux, particularly CentOS? > TCP

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-22 Thread B.J. McClure
Not sure it will answer your question but there was an article in December 2010 issue of Linux Magazine re surveillance cameras and linux. HTH. B.J. Tue Feb 22 21:00:42 EST 2011, RHEL 6, Linux 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 athlon On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 20:27 -0500, ken wrote: > I heard about some inexpe

[CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-22 Thread ken
I heard about some inexpensive security cameras which get their power through the same cat5 cable which delivers the data/pictures (which would simplify wiring tremendously). Does anyone know about these? Do they work with Linux, particularly CentOS? tnx 4 tips.