[olug] RPi as a security camera

Justin Reiners justin at hotlinesinc.com
Mon Jun 4 15:24:14 CDT 2018


oops
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06VWLCZTV/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 3:24 PM, Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
wrote:

> 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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