Re: [PLUG] Security Cameras

[Haig Didizian <haig@didizian.com>]

Great sig!

Regards,
Haig

On 6/9/2011 8:19 PM, Carl Johnson wrote:
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> John Karr<brainbuz@brainbuz.org>  wrote:
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> > Security Cameras
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> > I find myself needing to install a security camera and figured this
> > community would have a lot of good cost effective ideas with a bias
> > towards the open source and the cheap. Because one of the confusing
> > issues is cctv vs network cameras, I'm going to ask that the discussion
> > be restricted to network based solutions that don't require a dedicated
> > cctv base station or the installation of a capture card into a
> > computer.
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> > Let me describe my security needs.
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> > Primary Problem: Barking Dog Cam
> > My neighbor's dog stands at the fence to my yard and barks at my house.
> > This is whenever they let him out unattended. This can be for hours on
> > end. I've talked to them about it several times. I've filed one
> > complaint with the city, but to cite them the inspector needs to
> > witness the dog barking for at least 5 minutes. If the dog is outside
> > barking 10% or even just 5% of the time this is extremely annoying to
> > me, but the odds are against an inspector on one or two random visits
> > witnessing it. The camera will need to be an outdoor camera, which will
> > be attached to  a bush or a fence. I need to record audio (and it seems
> > a lot of security cameras lack this feature). Bark activated is ideal,
> > but motion sensing would work since he comes to a specific spot for
> > most of his barking. My objective is to be able to post time-stamped
> > video of the dog barking to youtube that a city animal complaints
> > inspector can easily view, or that I can use in court as evidence when
> > I sue them to remove the animal from their property.
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> > Secondary Problem: Offender Bird Identification
> > Another animal related issue I have is birds defacing vehicles parked
> > in front of my house. My roommate went so far as to contact a
> > professional in the field of bird nuisances, who needs to be able to
> > identify species and patterns to work out a remediation plan. The best
> > plan here might simply be to just record video continuously for a
> > couple of days.
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