Justin Ewing Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Hey guys I Need So Help and some Advise on this. I wanna Set Up a Security On My Server? And i Want to be about to Connect to It on the Internet(IP surveillance)? what programs Should i Use? How Do i Set this Up? Do i Use S-video? The Camera that i have, the end of it is video wire thats why i ask should i use s-video? :?: :?: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Hey guys, I need some help and advice on this.I want to attach a security camera to my server, and I want to be able to view its video feed via the internet (I already dreamed up a name for this: IP Surveillance. Like it?). What program(s) do you recommend? How can I best set this up? Should I use S-Video? The camera I want to use, but refuse to specify for fear that you might find it useful, has an S-Video connector on the end of the wire, hence the question. 1. Specify the camera. 2. Figure out how to connect it to the computer. 3. Figure out what types of software can use this camera. 4. Pick the one that best meets your needs. You probably want to do an auto-refreshing jpg or something. A new image on a webpage every 5 seconds or so, and use a meta refresh to make the browser update the image. Take a look at Darren's EditCam (use the forum search to find the thread). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudobreed Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 And to add to this... there are some hot free software apps that look for differences in images and can record if flagged. In essence, making a cheap motion detector and you can maybe have it email you if it is within a certain date/time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Sounds like a nice project for a future show? There was a news item recently when a guy had rigged his home so an intruder triggered a message to his mobile (I don't know if it was linked to his burglar alarm). It was triggered when he was abroad on holiday so he logged onto the internet and saw the burglars in his home. He called the police and watched them remotely as they arrested the villains. I'm sure that it wouldn't be cheap to set up, but I'd like some practical information about how to go about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I wrote a quick (and poorly written tutorial) on how to set up a web cam using Linux. It can be easily viewed from any web browser. http://www.hak5.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t...p;postorder=asc It works and you can easily add to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Hmm - Linux isn't my strong point, but I'll look into it. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Try it out, get an old machine, put a disto of linux on it, and enjoy. One you get hooked, you will never look back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Or, you'll use whatever fits the task at hand instead of evangelizing one OS over everything else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Or, you'll use whatever fits the task at hand instead of evangelizing one OS over everything else... Sounds fair enough to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiva Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Tonz of programs available for this google for Motion Detector USB Camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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