Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:04:30 -0800 (PST) From: Robert Kopp <iconoklastic@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD Multimedia <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: watching home via Internet Message-ID: <1325181870.26356.YahooMailNeo@web120803.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20111229172217.GB89588@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <20111229150207.GA1729@tiny> <20111229172217.GB89588@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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I use an IP Webcam with a built-in server (usually Linux) for this purpose.= Some may find this an adequate solution, and not have to resolve driver pr= oblems, etc.=0A=0A=A0=0ARobert "Tim" Kopp =0Ahttp://analytic.tripod.com/=0A= =A0=0A=A0=0A=0A=0A=0A>________________________________=0A> From: Luigi Rizz= o <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>=0A>To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> =0A>Cc: fre= ebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org =0A>Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 9:22 AM= =0A>Subject: Re: watching home via Internet=0A> =0A>On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at= 04:02:08PM +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote:=0A>> =0A>> Hello,=0A>> =0A>> I'd l= ike to watch via Internet what is going on in my house, for example=0A>> wh= en I go out with my wife for dinner to be sure that the two little children= =0A>> are safe and sleeping, i.e. nobody plays with matches in the living= =0A>> room :-)=0A>> =0A>> I have some FreeBSD laptops at home, with a cam I= could direct to=0A>> monitor the area; I could do SSH from my netbook (run= s FreeBSD 10)=0A>> with X11 forwarding and launch pwcview(1); but what abou= t audio?=0A>> the cam has a micro too, which captures very good the audio i= n the room;=0A>=0A>too much bandwidth, the video would travel uncompressed.= =0A>you are better off running skype or=0A>a videophone app on the remote s= ystem (ignore the display)=0A>and receive the compressed stream with anothe= r skype/vidphone.=0A>=0A>there is a nice phone app called 'baresip' which a= lso=0A>does video and has a command line interface, see=0A>=0A>http://www.c= reytiv.com/baresip.html=0A>=0A>cheers=0A>luigi=0A>_________________________= ______________________=0A>freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list=0A>ht= tp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia=0A>To unsubscrib= e, send any mail to "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A>=0A>=0A= >
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