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On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 13:23 +0200, vittorio wrote:
> Alle 12:05, domenica 25 settembre 2005, Ned Harrison ha scritto:
> > I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 as a desktop operating system on my home
> > computer.  I would like to set up a webcam for physical security/nature
> > observation while I'm away from the residence.  Something simple, I just
> > want to take periodic images and store them on an external hard drive.
> >
> > In the past couple of days researching this, I get the impression that
> > it may be possible to do this but I have not found specific instructions
> > on how to set it up.
> >
> > Even though I am a newbie, I have been able to get things working when I
> > can find the right documentation. Does anybody know of an article which
> > describes setting something like this up?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ned
> >
> 
> Even though it seems to me a poor solution, here it is the best answer to a 
> thread of mine on a similar subject:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=74724+0+/usr/local/www/db/text/2005/freebsd-questions/20050911.freebsd-questions
> 
> Vittorio
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Thanks for the hint, I'll look at the thread in more detail on the
archives as I now have a subject.  Didn't think to use "video
surveillance."

Ned.