Linux webcams for dummies

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Mon Apr 2 19:55:48 UTC 2007


On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 18:14 +0100, Bryan Hepworth wrote:
> Philip Walden wrote:
> >  I have used *motion* to do this. It works with any kind of webcam 
> > (serial/usb direct connect to PC) or internet camera (stand-alone cam 
> > with built in web server). Motion constantly monitors images looking 
> > for motion events and logs events to disk. Another option will create 
> > movies of the events.
> >
> > I used it to catch hooligans steal lawn ornaments, for example.
> >
> > http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome
> >
> >
> Nice one - I was looking to implement something similar - shame it 
> couldn't be hooked up to an 'Aliens' Sentry Machine Gun to 'pop a cap in 
> their ass' at the same time!

I believe that has been done! Ric
 
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