Looking For Advice on Web Cams and Streaming Video

[Eric Cope]

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Eric

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Mark Phillips
<mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>wrote:

> That is great that ustream.tv will record for free....but I still have to
> get it there. I guess I will look for some long range WiFi antennas, unless
> there are better ideas.
>
> Mark
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Charles Jones <
> charles.jones at ciscolearning.org> wrote:
>
>>  Note that both motion and zoneminder do not record sound (dont know if
>> you care about that).
>>
>> I think the best option is ustream.tv, as it is completely free service,
>> and you can even record (on the ustream server side) very long broadcasts
>> and they do not charge you either. This negates the need for disk space to
>> store the video.
>>
>> Most USB webcams work just fine with linux, and the ustream recorder is
>> Flash-based, so no software to install.  As for bandwidth I would guess you
>> dont need much maybe 1Mb/s, any wifi connection will definitely do but not
>> sure if you use 3G or some gsm-based card will be enough.
>>
>> Bob Elzer wrote:
>>
>> For software I like the following
>>
>> Motion  http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome
>>
>> Zoneminder http://www.zoneminder.com/
>>
>> Both will stream from the laptop itself.
>>
>> And both can record to file for playback later.
>>
>> My thought is, if you are going to record, then get a better video camera
>> and then transfer video to the computer.
>>
>> Video Cameras will produce a much better video than a webcam.
>>
>>
>>
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>> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [
>> mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us<plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>]
>> *On Behalf Of *Mark Phillips
>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12 AM
>> *To:* Phoenix Linux Users
>> *Subject:* Looking For Advice on Web Cams and Streaming Video
>>
>>  I was sitting at my daughter's varsity softball game texting the play by
>> play to my wife who was on a business trip to LA. I began to wonder if there
>> were an inexpensive and easy way to setup a web cam at the game and
>> broadcast the game to her computer (or better yet, her Blackberry...now that
>> would be cool) in LA, as well as the parents who had to stay at work. I have
>> no experience with web cams or streaming video. I don't think the field has
>> WiFi, but there are some private residences about 1000' from home plate.
>> Perhaps I could talk one of them into letting me use their cable connection
>> to get access to the Internet.
>>
>> Any suggestions on inexpensive web cams with a fairly wide field of view?
>>
>> What software will I need for my Debian testing laptop? Do I need a video
>> steaming server somewhere on the net?
>>
>> How do I get the signal to the houses 1000' feet away....or is there a
>> better way?
>>
>> How many laws am I breaking by doing this? :-)
>>
>> Anyone have a better solution besides don't go to LA during a game?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mark
>>
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