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Solve : low cost security surveilance camera to feed to my PC?? |
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Answer» To add onto my last comment, I wonder if there is an IP Camera Tool that will record onto a hard drive. capturing and recording features (including IP Cameras / ASF streams) Try changing the camera resolution down to 320x240 or 640x480. Lower the picture, lower the file size. Furthermore, reduce frames per second to, perhaps, 1 frame a second. Download and install Netmeter: http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/index.php?action=tpmod;dl=item26 You can use this tool to track your computer's network usage. With this, you can see how much bandwidth your camera is using, and it will ESTIMATE your monthly usage.It sounds excessive to upload hours of footage of nothing happening just in case criminals strike. In any case, you may not get your property back, just pictures of it going out of your house. but the police may perhaps get evidence they can use in court to convict someone. My friend at work was telling me about his "IP cam" which he has on his home network. It records onto his 2 TB NAS box, and he is running motion-detection software. If this is triggered, he is sent an email and he can then log in via the web and see if anything happened. At the moment it is sending him AROUND 10 false alarms per day, and he needs to lower the threshold somewhat, he thinks. Another thought is that if you want 24/7 upload of surveillance footage maybe you need to pony up for an ISP package with a higher data limit, or better, an unlimited one. I have an unlimited plan from my British ISP for 30 pounds a month. 60 Mbit/sec down and 4 Mbit/sec up. I could get a much cheaper plan if I lowered the speeds. Quote from: Salmon Trout on April 15, 2013, 03:29:37 PM My friend at work was telling me about his "IP cam" which he has on his home network. It records onto his 2 TB NAS box, and he is running motion-detection software. If this is triggered, he is sent an email and he can then log in via the web and see if anything happened. At the moment it is sending him around 10 false alarms per day, and he needs to lower the threshold somewhat, he thinks.Yeah, this is essentially what I have. Despite only being pointed at the inside of my front door, it sends me alert emails all day. A sudden change in lighting will set it off. In theory, it works very well. If thieves break into my apartment and steal the webcam's computer, all the photos it would have taken of the them will be stored in my email.All you need now is stuff they would want to break in for and steal... Nice setup. Quote from: patio on April 15, 2013, 06:43:43 PM All you need now is stuff they would want to break in for and steal...Well..... There IS that webcam..... Sorry for the slow response but I had to go do some other stuff. I contacted my ISP and according to them they have no ISP upgrade available with unlimited usage (AT&T is a robbery) but I guess I understand the reason behind it with so much cyber traffic these days. So I connected my spare 802.11a,b,g,n router and have it feeding video wired (RJ 45) so far with no ISP usage. I'm still working on getting it to connect with 802.11g. Then I'll deal with what software to use to record to my HD at that point. The camera is mounted 27' off of the ground on a utility pole so I'm not too worried about it, and I can get a security safe to mount the external HD in. So let me see if I can get it to feed to my PC on 802.11 and we'll go from there. Gee, thanks for all the help so far to you all! Mike |
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