[geeks] Security Systems

[Mike Hebel]

Voices on the wind brought me a message from: James Fogg
>> I find myself in need of a basic video surveillance system. Probably two
>> or ree cameras, maybe motion activated recording. Hooking into my Mac
>> would be nice. I need one at the front door, and one covering the back
>> yard.
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> I prefer cameras that aren't connected to PC's but have their own
> webserver built in. One of the best bangs for the bucks is the Linksys
> cameras. There is a Linksys with PTZ if you'd like to aim the camera from
> your PC.

I've been looking at a similar situation at home and have chosen to go
with Zoneminder and D-Link 910 network cameras.  They aren't wireless but
they are supported by Zoneminder and have fairly decent quality video.

If you don't mind dedicating a box to the process then I'd consider
Zoneminder running on Linuz with PCI capture cards (not the PICO cards as
they only get 2fps) and regular infrared coax cameras.

-- 
Mike

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