[olug] RPi as a security camera

[Justin Reiners]

Dan, I use these all the time, and they support POE. I'd use this over a
RPI anyday for that. It's even got a really good night vision. I bought
about 50 of them across 10 sites.

On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> I'm looking to setup my RPi with a USB camera (Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000)
> as a short-term camera to watch for someone throwing eggs in the
> neighborhood (joys of being married to a teacher!).
>
> I haven't done any research yet (this is a tonight / this week project) so
> I wanted to poll the group to see what others might be using.
>
> I have good wireless, so I plan to save the captured video/images (motion
> triggered) back to my home server and I'd like to make them viewable when
> I'm at work.
>
> Any specific packages others have used (or suggest to stay away from)?
>
> Thanks!
> Dan
>
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