[sudo-discuss] DOORCAM README (redacted for SR security)

[William Budington]

On 06/29/2013 12:48 PM, Steve Berl wrote:
> I wonder if there is some way to have the camera USB plug into the RaspPi
> and then some Linux SW on the Pi that would simply stream that image to the
> LAN. Then another computer someplace else that is more physically secure
> could do all the recording, etc.
> 
> Can VLC do this? Does the Pi have enough horsepower?

Hey Steve,

A few weeks ago I mentioned mjpg-streamer in a thread called "ATTENTION
-- MUST READ":

> If the camera is
> recognized as a UVC device, we'll want to use this:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjpg-streamer/
>
> Using mjpg-streamer we can stream the image to a zoneminder server
> (perhaps living on space.sudo) and configure it however we like.

I suggest using this, but I had some trouble with various webcams
working with the raspi.  There was some distortion with some of the
webcams we tested, and others had no image at all.

Bill