Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread javadayaz
Ok i know its a bit of general question, but does anyone know of cheap webcams that just work in ubuntu. they have to be easy to set up. Ps i have found some apps in android that let you put a URL in let you view from there on phones home screen. So how would this work, would i have to set up som

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-01 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting javadayaz : > Hi, > > As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like to > avail the phones unlimited data plan. Some of you may also know about my > exploits are linking my media to a TV in my new house. > > I was just wondering if anyone here uses a webcam as secur

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-01 Thread Rob Beard
javadayaz wrote: > motion sounds brilliant, and exactly what i need. > > But how would i view the feed? on a webbrowser? Yep, well you can view the images on a web browser and have a bit of javascript on the page to refresh the image or with a stream I'd guess you could view it in Firefox. Rob

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-01 Thread javadayaz
motion sounds brilliant, and exactly what i need. But how would i view the feed? on a webbrowser? 2009/7/1 David Jones > Rob Beard wrote: > > javadayaz wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like > >> to avail the phones unlimited data p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-01 Thread David Jones
Rob Beard wrote: > javadayaz wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like >> to avail the phones unlimited data plan. Some of you may also know >> about my exploits are linking my media to a TV in my new house. >> >> I was just wondering if a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-01 Thread Rob Beard
javadayaz wrote: > Hi, > > As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like > to avail the phones unlimited data plan. Some of you may also know > about my exploits are linking my media to a TV in my new house. > > I was just wondering if anyone here uses a webcam as sec