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On 11/23/2013 07:03 PM, Grant wrote: |
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> I've been using motion along with USB cameras for a while. I need to |
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> expand my monitoring capacity and I'm wondering if I should consider |
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> changing software or hardware. motion seems fairly dead but is |
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> stable. I'm reading conflicting info about the current status of |
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> zoneminder. Is anyone using IP cams? |
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> - Grant |
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+1 for motion, it works very well (is being developed afaik), gives you |
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live view as well as frame capture. |
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the bug bear for scaling up is you do need a usb controller (not just a |
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usb port) per camera if you want anywhere near sensible resolution with |
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usb webcams. however i find i can normally get away with two cameras |
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hooked up to my routers so that i know who last touched them. |
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this is not a motion issue, it is a hardware bandwidth issue. |
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you might like to roll your own ip cam by taking a raspberry |
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pi+gentoo+usb webcam(+powered usb hub) - still v.cheap. |
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alternatively consider a dedicated mpeg2 (hmm showing my age i think) |
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capture card which has multiple inputs. you can find a list of |
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compatible devices at the motion website |
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http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WorkingDevices |
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it is the hardware that is the issue -- not the software. |
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if you are looking to have like a security wall with 30 odd cameras all |
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showing the a different view of your secure area, all you need is a web |
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front end that connects an html table with each piece of the table a |
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live view of each camera. you could therefore easily have 100+ seperate |
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computers each with two cameras, and the only piece of kit that would |
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struggle would be the end computer that would try to stream 200 camera |
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images scaled down to fit ! |
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one more thing is that there is an android app (i'm sure there are many |
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but i can say this one works) called ip webcam which lets you bookmark |
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all your motion live cams, meaning that you could then check security |
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status from anywhere using your phone. |
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not sure if you can do that with the other programs, maybe someone else |
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can chip in if they know. |
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hth |
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