On 2/24/2011 9:59 AM, ken wrote:
>
>>
>> Trendnet has some. You'd need to get the java plugin working to view
>> them in a linux browser - not sure about full-time recording software.
>> If you don't have enough to justify a POE switch, you can get individual
>> power bricks that plug into the line to add power at a convenient place.
>>
>
> Les, thanks for the pointer to Trendnet. They've got a *large* selection.
Don't take this as a recommendation, but I did just get an email ad from
buy.com with what looked like some good prices.
> I'm finding that there's a variety of video formats output by these
> various devices... which is a consideration for us non-Windows folks. I
> haven't come down to a decision on which yet. Of course it's going to
> depend upon which are supported by Linux. For some reason, on my system
> flashplayer is unreliable... sometimes it works, sometimes not. MPEG4
> though works fine in Firefox. Due to past experience (many bad ones),
> I'm leery of Java-based software, so I'd be shy about using that
> plug-in. Hopefully there'd be other alternatives... anyone know about some?
The older trendnet ones we have offer active X or java as viewing
choices in the browser. They'll capture images but just as snapshots,
not video.
> Les, you bring up a good question about full-time recording. I don't
> know at all how that might work on Linux. Someone earlier mentioned
> ftp'ing the video files. If that's all it takes, then great. Some of
> the IP cameras have an ftp client, but I haven't seen one yet with an
> ftp *server* on it, so how it's possible to fetch and save the video
> files is still a mystery to me. Anyone with experience doing this with
> Linux?
If you need that, it might be better to get a bundled standalone system
that includes the recording hardware.
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Les Mikesell
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