Re: [gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 7 Sep 2014 18:22:58 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > I got motion "working" > As it seems, it does not support h264 compressed streams. It switches > back the camera to YUVY, which increases the bandwidth on USB2. In > turn the frame rate of the recorded video dropps: The video look

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-07 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [14-09-07 10:28]: > On Sat, 6 Sep 2014 17:56:33 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > As mentioned motion detection software is not appropiate > > for this, since it detects motion ... that is: The bird/s > > are already "in sight"...add the reaction time between "bird > > is the

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 6 Sep 2014 17:56:33 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > As mentioned motion detection software is not appropiate > for this, since it detects motion ... that is: The bird/s > are already "in sight"...add the reaction time between "bird > is there" and "motion detection has recognized that

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-06 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 6 September 2014 14:59:34 CEST, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >Hi, > >may be the software I am looking for already exists of >can easily created by plugging together already existing pieces: > >With a Logitech c920 webcam (Full HD) I plan to record birds on >my roof. >I need to record "everything":

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-06 Thread meino . cramer
Hi Neil, Thanks for reply! :) As mentioned motion detection software is not appropiate for this, since it detects motion ... that is: The bird/s are already "in sight"...add the reaction time between "bird is there" and "motion detection has recognized that there is a bird" and all the false al

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 6 Sep 2014 14:59:34 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > I already have a script hacked together with a gst-launch command, > which is able to fetch the Full HD hardware encoded stream from > the C920 and put it on the harddisk. > > But I failed in creating a script which allows me to simu

[gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-06 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, may be the software I am looking for already exists of can easily created by plugging together already existing pieces: With a Logitech c920 webcam (Full HD) I plan to record birds on my roof. I need to record "everything": Starting from the birds landing on the roof until the fligh away agai