Comments on: Home surveillance with Linux and Zoneminder made easy – Part II http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/ IT related tutorials,tips, and generally my life on the net. Mon, 14 May 2012 15:22:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anette Dreisbach http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-5602 Anette Dreisbach Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:07:50 +0000 http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/#comment-5602 Thank you for creating this blog and sharing your viewpoint. I like reading it during my lunch break at the office. It's nice to take my thoughts off work even if for only 30 mins. Cheers Thank you for creating this blog and sharing your viewpoint. I like reading it during my lunch break at the office. It’s nice to take my thoughts off work even if for only 30 mins. Cheers

]]> By: indi http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 indi Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:38:00 +0000 http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/#comment-1748 Was it from EBAY? Do you have a link for the camera? I'd like to compare specs to my one. Was it from EBAY?
Do you have a link for the camera? I’d like to compare specs to my one.

]]> By: joe http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-1747 joe Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:31:08 +0000 http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/#comment-1747 Got my night vision camera. It has 30 LEDS, and can see perfectly in COMPLETE darkness!! Got my night vision camera. It has 30 LEDS, and can see perfectly in COMPLETE darkness!!

]]> By: joe http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-1744 joe Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:14:22 +0000 http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/#comment-1744 Got it set up and working with the usb camera, quite simple really. cool stuff. Can keep an eye on stuff wherever i am through my phones web browser. Joe Got it set up and working with the usb camera, quite simple really. cool stuff. Can keep an eye on stuff wherever i am through my phones web browser.

Joe

]]> By: Joe http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-1725 Joe Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:21:34 +0000 http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/#comment-1725 Thanks for getting back to me. yes this is a project for me too. Sounds good so far. I will probably only be connecting two cameras to the dvr card to get a good framerate. Looks like I have almost the same spec PC as you. good resources: http://www.linuxscrew.com/2007/11/05/howto-home-video-security-with-zoneminder-and-ubuntu/ http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_hardware http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html I went for the LabTec Pro webcam. It seems to be of the highest quality recorded on the above website, is compatible with linux and cost only £14 incluing delivery form Play.com. Im interested to know how you get on with this! I cant really start as noe of the hardware has arrived yet. Joe Thanks for getting back to me. yes this is a project for me too. Sounds good so far. I will probably only be connecting two cameras to the dvr card to get a good framerate.

Looks like I have almost the same spec PC as you.

good resources:

http://www.linuxscrew.com/2007/11/05/howto-home-video-security-with-zoneminder-and-ubuntu/

http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_hardware

http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html

I went for the LabTec Pro webcam. It seems to be of the highest quality recorded on the above website, is compatible with linux and cost only £14 incluing delivery form Play.com.

Im interested to know how you get on with this! I cant really start as noe of the hardware has arrived yet.

Joe

]]> By: indi http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-1724 indi Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:25:39 +0000 http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/#comment-1724 The LEDs do not illuminate, but sense on any available light, and you find find by playing with the camera, work of light reflecting off light coloured surfaces (if that makes sense). Or to put it another way, they won't work in full darkness, but require a bit of light (and don't expect great viewing distances). A LOT of tweaking is required to get these working to their optimum - which doesn't bother me too much as this was originally intended to be a 'project'. Let me say that they are not the best camera out there, but for the price you can't really complain. The LEDs do not illuminate, but sense on any available light, and you find find by playing with the camera, work of light reflecting off light coloured surfaces (if that makes sense).

Or to put it another way, they won’t work in full darkness, but require a bit of light (and don’t expect great viewing distances). A LOT of tweaking is required to get these working to their optimum – which doesn’t bother me too much as this was originally intended to be a ‘project’.

Let me say that they are not the best camera out there, but for the price you can’t really complain.

]]> By: Joe http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 Joe Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:30:20 +0000 http://lookforitoverhere.com/78/home-surveillance-with-linux-and-zoneminder-made-easy-ii/#comment-1723 Hi, I am building a zoneminder system too, after having just built a MythTV system I have a taste for these great linux based systems. I have bought the same DVR card as you, a usb camera and am currently looking for a camera like yours on ebay. One thing confuses me though, how does that camera see in the dark? Do those LEDs just illuminate the target area like a torch would? or is there something more intelligent at work? Joe Hi,

I am building a zoneminder system too, after having just built a MythTV system I have a taste for these great linux based systems.

I have bought the same DVR card as you, a usb camera and am currently looking for a camera like yours on ebay.

One thing confuses me though, how does that camera see in the dark? Do those LEDs just illuminate the target area like a torch would? or is there something more intelligent at work?

Joe

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