Re: CCTV Software

["Philip Coombes" <philip.coombes@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul,

I'm not sure I'm the best person to ask for a comparison, I may not
be entirely objective but I'll give it a go!

As far as I can tell the main advantage for me is that it's Linux and free
of course. Not only that but I feel I can go away for a few weeks and
be confident that when I return the box will still be running exactly as
I left it. My experience with Windows is somewhat different, YMMV
of course.

The other software I've seen seems a bit more 'toy' like. Inasmuch as
it's fun to play with for a while and see yourself on the camera etc. But
I've tried to make mine designed to run entirely unattended and in a
daemon style if you want that. The interface of course is OS independant
being browser based. It doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles but
is intended to be simple, clear and quick.

Perhaps the biggest advantage though is that it's designed for me to use
myself so anything I put in has to be useful to me or another user. It's
also highly configurable for different circumstances.

Finally of course, it's written by someone who's enthusiastic about the
project. If you want a missing featrure or bugfix I can usually do it
within a day or so (if it's simple and useful) and so you can have it
working on your system in a matter of days.

Is that enough? Did I mention it was free?

Cheers,

Phil,

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <p-gale@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:44 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] CCTV Software


> Phil,
>
>
>
> Your software looks really interesting. How does it compare to other
> software out there?
>
>
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Coombes [mailto:philip.coombes@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 March 2003 11:53
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] CCTV Software
>
>
>
> Hi Rich,
>
> You may be in (sort of) luck, depending on what you want to run it on.
>
> I've written a suite of software called ZoneMinder which does all of
the
> things you want and more, including X10 integration if you're into
that
> as
> well. The good news is that it's free, the bad news for you might be
> that
> it's Linux only but the good news is that Linux is free too!
>
> If you want to have a look at it I've stuck it on a website at
> http://www.zoneminder.com
where you can see a few (oldish) screenshots
> and
> get more details and so on. You can also download it from there, the
> latest
> kosher version is 0.9.9. However I also have a beta of the latest
> version
> but the link is hidden at present. If you want to download it you'll
> have to
> point your browser at
> http://www.zoneminder.com/downloads/zm-0.9.10-beta2.tar.gz
to get it.
> The
> major change in this version is support for network cameras (like the
> Axis
> and DLink ones) as well as local cameras (via USB or capture cards)
but
> there are lots of other changes and fixes as well.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "oggie_gb" <richard@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:29 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] CCTV Software
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've a mini cctv camera from rfconcepts hooked up to a TV capture
> > card and I'm looking for software that can support internet
access to
> > live and historical recording, motion detection, snapshots, mail
/
> > page alarms. I'm using Gotcha at present which is excellent but
> > doesn't provide any internet access to video. Snapstream doesn't
> > provide motion detection & homewatcher doesn't seem to record
video.
> > Any ideas?
> > There does seem to be some good software shipped with multi cam
cards
> > such as http://www.y3kstore.com/content.php?categoryId=150.
Anyone
> > used this?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Rich.
> >
> >
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