Security video surveillance. What software to use?
I have a few video capture cards with 4 video inputs and 1 audio input.
Mandrake 10 recognizes it as being a Brooktree Corporation BT878 video capture card. The card came with software called pico2000 for Windows. I installed Windows 2000 but pico2000 crashes all the time. I need this PC to do security video surveillance. It's intended use is to sit in a closet and record what is sees move. All viewing of video, ether recorded or live, would be from done from remote. I found lots of Linux software on freshmeat. Only problem is I found too much. I need a recommendation as to which software would meet my needs in a secure manner. I need software with at least the following features. 1) Only record motion. 2) Web based or windows clients for live and recorded viewing. 3) Support for at least 4 cameras. |
Have a look at Motion project - http://motion.sourceforge.net.
Live viewing is possible with the right web browser and the proper configuration of the webcam features. You can record combinations of motion-only videos, stills every N seconds and a stop-motion movie based on still every N seconds. They have recently started to support buffered frames, so that you can grab N frames from the buffer before a motion event is triggered. The documentation is well-maintained and up-to-date, and there is a very active mailing list as well. |
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