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Offline izaktjTopic starter

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Homemade home security surveillance system.
« on: May 23, 2008, 04:30:16 PM »
Well, I do not know where to start.
So I am posting this.
The idea is to build a camera system of 4 or more cameras. The video must be able to be seen on my laptop (wireless) in real time so I guess I have to build a program for it too, I'm gonna program it with JAVA.
Further upgrades might be pan/tilt functions.
Keeping the cost to less than $100
Anyway, this is only the "is it feasible?" phase of the project.


PS: Suggestions greatly appreciated.
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Re: Homemade home security surveillance system.
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2008, 01:22:20 PM »
Sounds feasible. I think the hardest part would be getting software/hardware to operate 4 cameras at the same time. I'm guessing using cheap USB webcams will work?
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Re: Homemade home security surveillance system.
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2008, 02:17:04 PM »
Quote from: Admin on May 25, 2008, 01:22:20 PM
Sounds feasible. I think the hardest part would be getting software/hardware to operate 4 cameras at the same time. I'm guessing using cheap USB webcams will work?
I guess so, I wouldn't care if it's not super high resolution, this would be first prototype d=
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