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 <matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk> > Quoting javadayaz <javada...@gmail.com>: > > > 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
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