Looking For Advice on Web Cams and Streaming Video

[Mark Phillips]

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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> *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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