Try zoneminder (might be an over kill) or motion (has a builtin web server)
Works both quite well Ohad -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hetz Ben Hamo Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Israel Linux Mailing list Subject: Re: webcam security software It really depends how do you access this webcam. If it had a V4L/V4L2 interface, then the v4l userspace application package has a program which is called "webcam" which just exactly what you want. If you access it through http for example, then you can use wget in a cron and be done with it. Thanks, Hetz On 7/22/07, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for a program that runs under Linux that will once a minute > connect to a webcam and save a frame. It can be just the single > frame saver as I can run it in a loop or with cron. > > The Webcam is a stand alone device, not a V4L device. > > I need it for a home grown security system. > > Thanks, Geoff. > -- > Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM > IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 > Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. Visit my blog (hebrew) for things that (sometimes) matter: http://wp.dad-answers.com ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
