Webcam CCTV system

Sep 11, 2006 14:47

Hi. I am having a really bad day. Some Nobbies have been trying to smash our office building windows over the weekend again. I had already installed CCTV so have got footage of the gits ( Read more... )

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cybirea September 11 2006, 14:14:41 UTC
Bo,

This is a bigger job than it sounds, and could cost quite a lot of money. Webcams (normally) have poor quality plastic lenses, that although technically range to infinity, are made to work over 2-3M. Also if you had a cam connected to your network, you would have to host the images whih would take up a lot of CPU time, and you would have to tunnel it thorugh firewalls and such, so not as easy as it sounds.

There is a piece of software that you could use called 'Active Webcam' by PY Software, which you can use unregistered. Yopu can also use an ip cam (which has a direct tcp/ip interface, to connect direct to your network, but everything you want is a big job. Sorry, not actually much hlep.

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bodedendrumbush September 11 2006, 14:23:27 UTC
Hmm... maybe I will go with option 1 then and get a TV card in my PC at work and then rig up the existing cameras to the PC and put them on the internet.

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cybirea September 11 2006, 14:27:10 UTC
That might be best, but you will still have to host and tunnel live feed, but that software might help you with that. :)

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bodedendrumbush September 11 2006, 14:28:05 UTC
Thankx

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