This is way off topic I know but some feedback would be appreciated.
I currently capture video from several remote sites using dlink dcs900w cameras
to a centralised windows application over the internet.
The application saves the video in avi format. The windows app is proving very unreliable
and needs to be replaced.
The goal is to get a days worth of video stored with no input from staff at the remote site.
The answer I have come up with is to put an openbsd box at each site.
Use wget to captutre still images from the device and then ffmpeg to convert the stills to an mpeg or mpegs
Tar the videos and email them to me at the end of the day.
Some scripting (Perl possibly ?) would be needed to capture the appropriate amount of frames per minute
an then automate the mpeg conversion and delivery of the finished product.
I have never used wget,ffmpeg or perl but from what I have read this sounds possible and not too complicated.
Will this work ? Is there any easier way ?
Any suggestions would be appreciated
p.s Dlink doesnt have unix support for this product so "Go and talk to the vendor" wont help me.
Thanks,
Steve
