[KLUG Members] Webcam

[Jamie McCarthy]

Hi Adam,

Are you going to be at the meeting this Tuesday by any chance?  I'm
really curious about getting this working, I'd like to give it a
try.  I haven't even tried video4linux and don't know what will be
required to get it to work.  I do have a server free whose dmesg
claims that it has working USB ports, so maybe I'm halfway there :)

Sadly, the Debian package for video4linux is just source, apparently
version 0.0.1, and it says "For now, it's a bit limited, only
320*200 color (don't try other resolutions, it will hang your
computer)."

> I've had a lot of luck with this http://motion.sourceforge.net/.
> It will do motion, and record when motion is detected, and eith email
> you the video, mail a notification, and or send you a text message to a
> cell phone.
> 
> I use 3 IBM USB webcams for this... Their like 20 bucks.


(BTW, I tried emailing you directly, but jasnetworks's mail server
rejected my effort as, apparently, spam:

  aelkins@jasnetworks.net
    SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:<jamie@mccarthy.vg> SIZE=2627:
    host mail.jasnetworks.net [69.51.159.4]: 550 This address is not allowed

)
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  Jamie McCarthy
 http://mccarthy.vg/
  jamie@mccarthy.vg