From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 21 12:35:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE5B916A4C0 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:35:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E560043FAF for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:35:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from panix.com (brillig.panix.com [166.84.1.76]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2BB34876B for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:35:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from teddy.fas.com (pcp01010374pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net [68.58.176.69]) by panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C5802AA47 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:35:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AC2IH-0005g3-00 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:35:49 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:35:49 -0400 From: stan To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031021193549.GC21626@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.21 X-Uptime: 15:26:38 up 68 days, 8:25, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.02, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Subject: FW: still image capture from video stream X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 19:35:54 -0000 I've got a need to capture iamges at a rate of about 1 per second from four locations, Two of thes locations will be new, so Ill use web cameras there. Two however are existing and have industrial grade CCTV cameras, These locations are also in a fairly hostile environment, so I want to re-use these. I'm thinking I can do this with a video capture borad, right? Which ones are well supported under FreeBSD? I don't need ultra high resolutin, as a matter of fact, gien the number of images that I'll be accumulating (4/per second * 60 seconds * 60 minutes * 24 hours * number of days I need to keep) small image size is very important. So, how about some pointers to docs on this? And some advice on hardware would be welcome also. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin