SilverTip257 wrote: > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:48 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >> Lorenzo wrote: >> > mark wrote: >> > >> >> It's not a plug-in appliance, it's software. We are currently running >> >> the cameras on our servers, and my manager, as I've said, was >> >> considering a plug-in appliance, that we could access and back up >> >> from our Linux servers or workstations, and not have to worry that, >> >> as just happened with the last kernel update, it would break the drivers. >> >> >Maybe a couple of those wuold fit the bill: >> >> >http://www.ubnt.com/airvision#aircammini > > One of my coworkers experimented with the Ubiquiti AirCam (the regular > white ones, not the minis). I remember him saying the NVR software > records still frames to disk rather than an actual encoded video. >> Meaning that if you needed to provide video to the police, insurance, >> whoever - you're going to have to use their software to encode a video. >> Recording as still frames might be common, but I'd expect the software >> to run a job every hour or whatever to encode frames to video ... but >> what do I know.. I was under the impression that when it detected motion, it saved it as a video. Still pictures every hour or so is normal. And if we need to show someone, that will be the campus police, and possibly the FBI - this *is* a US federal gov't institution. > > I'm told the NVR software installs rather painlessly on Debian (since > there's a *.deb package), but beyond that it can be pain. > > The AirCams we used do not do infrared night vision which is a big bummer. > Not a problem - the lights in our, aahhh, "computer labs" are on 24x7x365.25, specifically for the cameras. > If you want any further details, let me know and I'll ask my coworker > since he worked with them more than I did. ;) Please. We'd want to d/l the jpgs and the mpegs (or avi, or whatever) via cron and rsync to a server for longer term storage and backup. mark mark