Re: Re: Airtunes has inspired me to...

[Neil Fairbrother <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Patrick - what's an MV1000?

Cheers

Neil

On 22 Jun 2004, at 13:49, Patrick Lidstone wrote:

> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Neil Fairbrother <neil@f...> wrote:
>  > get more out of my wifi network.
>  >
>  > > Now I've got my wifi network humming, with hifi over wifi
about to
>  > > happen, I want to really load the wireless bandwidth that I
have.
>  > >
>  > > My old iMac acts as a wireless print server, so it's idle
much of
>  the
>  > > time. I'd like to use this also for a home security hub and
in
>  time a
>  > > control for all the other house systems - heating, intruder
>  alarms etc.
>
>  Native Mac HA software is a bit thin on the ground. There have been
>  reports of people successfully running much of the xAP stuff under
>  OSX ok, but it might take a bit of fiddling. I imagine that
>  MisterHouse has also been ported to OSX by now.
>
>  > > So I'm looking to sprinkle a number of digital cameras
around the
>  house
>  > > - externally mounted. I'd like them to be unobtrusive, not
heavy
>  > > industrial items. They need to be wifi, and mains powered.
I'd
>  like to
>  > > be able to record still images of reasonable quality for
say 4
>  weeks,
>  > > from each camera. PTZ isn't particularly important. I'm
running
>  OSX, so
>  > > either OSX native control software or browser controls will
be
>  fine.
>  > > Black and White would be fine, colour during the day with
B&W
>  night is
>  > > ideal.
>  > >
>  > > Can you make any recommendations?
>
>  I don't know what's available by way of video capture software for
>  the Mac natively, but if you got an MV1000 or equivalent, you should
>  be able to pull still images off up to 8 cameras and archive them
>  locally on your hard disk using a simple bit of applescript or
>  cronjob+shell script. If you can't find an MV1000, then the majority
>  of cameras with integral IP connectivity should let you do something
>  similar (e.g. axis webcams IIRC), but this is unlikely to be as cost-
>  effective.
>
>  HTH
>  Patrick
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