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by Flash_
Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:44 am
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Recommendations for Infra Red IP cameras?
Replies: 5
Views: 4658

Recommendations for Infra Red IP cameras?

Is it possible to effectively capture a large outside area with no light source (rural, so not even urban cloud reflections) with a camera? I'm trying to learn about this and most of the articles on the web are biased or misleading or contradictory - I'd like some good real-experience advice, especi...
by Flash_
Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:18 pm
Forum: Hardware Compatibility List
Topic: Axis 221 Day And Night
Replies: 9
Views: 11412

I've got one too and it's a great camera. However, the night-time capabilities appear to be overrated. Spec says it goes down to 0.75lux but in practice that really isn't very dark and some illumination is required. This probably isn't the camera's fault, just actual limits of non-IR photography, I ...
by Flash_
Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:00 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Linksys WVC54G - How to.
Replies: 8
Views: 17166

Linksys WVC54G - How to.

*** Please read my second post below - early confidence in getting this to work was misplaced. *** Wireless Linksys Colour Audio IP Camera Model WVC54G Cheap and nasty wireless IP camera that "only works with Internet Explorer as it uses ActiveX". To be honest I wouldn't recommend this cam...
by Flash_
Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:42 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder Previous Versions
Topic: axis 206 works only in 320x240 but not at 640x480
Replies: 3
Views: 4734

I had exactly the same problem - both with a, Axis 206 and an Axis 221. Everything works great at 320x240 using mjpeg streams (>10fps, 24-bit colour) - but choosing a larger res like 640x480 or 480x360 (221 only) results in no picture. Works fine using wget or curl or browser so I know camera and ur...
by Flash_
Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:33 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder Previous Versions
Topic: howto get init script on gentoo?
Replies: 8
Views: 8433

Registered to say thanks to Cordel for that snippet - been bugging me for ages - couldn't figure out why my cams were being detected when starting/restarting from the webpage but when using zmpkg.pl to switch profiles was stalling every time.

Fixed now, thank you!