[kwlug-disc] Network / USB Video cameras

[B.S.]

Oh, and, I've been very happy with 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rcreations.ipcamviewer on my Android.

OTOH, the Android web browser takes me to my web server, as below, too. Zoneminder has a mobile (/m) light interface, FWIW.


----- Original Message -----
> From: B.S. <bs27975 at yahoo.ca>
> To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 9:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Network / USB Video cameras
> 
> I haven't any pan / tilt cams, but I use several IP and USB cams with 
> ZoneMinder. (Thanks to John's presentation, many years ago.)
> 
> I've always found that wiki useful. I've seen talk of pan / tilt there, 
> so there's definitely compatible hardware out there. (Even the IP cam's 
> native web interfaces include such.) 
> https://wiki.zoneMinder.com/Hardware_Compatibility_List
> 
> Motion is an alternative to ZoneMinder. 
> http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WorkingDevices
> 
> Like I said, don't have pan / tilt, but most anything I've run into 
> largely just works. Biggest pain is only if you buy two USB cameras of the same 
> make / model - unpredictable as to which one will have which name. 0 this time, 
> 1 the next.
> 
> You can poke holes in your firewall to get to your cams web interface if you 
> like. Or poke the hole to your on premise web server instead - keeps the cam 
> only feeding one device, many viewers. I've one computer (P4) at home 
> running USB cams - 5, I think, in monitor mode. (i.e. Just passes the video 
> through, doesn't do anything with it.) Another heavier machine catches 3 IP 
> cams plus the 5 from the P4. (All of which also means I can SSH in when I need 
> to, and just read from it that way, too.)
> 
> I've always thought the problem with pan & tilt is you have to be 
> watching / interested in the specific at the time. Inevitably something that you 
> want to see will be out of frame.
> 
> I'll guess you're thinking of presentations (live viewing for watchers 
> offsite) for this - so I'll suggest you get two cameras. One to stay full 
> frame all the time. Picture In Picture even. (pan/tilt/zoom to speaker, PiP full 
> frame.)
> 
>> ________________________________
> 
>>  From: Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com>
>> To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> 
>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 7:13 PM
>> Subject: [kwlug-disc] Network / USB Video cameras
>> 
>> 
>> Does anyone know of a relatively inexpensive video camera, either ethernet 
> or USB (that works with Linux) that has pan and tilt functions? Zoom not 
> required, but would be nice. :)
>> 
>> 
>> The end product would be to be able to use it remotely via my BlackBerry or 
> Android tablet...