On 12/18/06, Ian C. Blenke <ian@blenke.com> wrote:
> Chuck Hast wrote:
> > Folks,
> > I need to capture a video stream from a camara, at the same time I have a
> > sensor that when activated should go into the recorded video and place
> > a mark
> > about 5 seconds prior to the sensor being activated. What we are
> > wanting to
> > do is monitor a doorway and when it gets a signal from the sensor it
> > grabs
> > the video 5 seconds prior to the alarm and say 5 seconds after, the
> > rest it
> > can toss.
> >
> > I am looking at trying to do a linux solution, sort of looked at
> > MythTV but it
> > looks like it has a lot of bells and whistles, though that is perhaps
> > what I
> > need. The video stream is straight off of the camara so I do not need
> > a tuner
> > card just a raw video card. I can store the data at a low frame rate
> > indeed
> > I would rather have say 3-5 frames/sec and get high resolution images in
> > each frame.
> >
> > Anyone got any recommendations?
>
> ZoneMinder
> http://www.zoneminder.com/
>
> Motion
> http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/motion/WebHome
>
> iomojo
> http://www.iomojo.com/
>
> There are many others. These are just the first that come to mind.
>
Thank you Ian, a search brought up all sort of commercial hardware with
linux on it and MythTV, guess I needed to go many pages deeper to find
these...
-- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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