Re: Anyone tried zoneminder for camera control

In article <uufja9$2ps5s$1@dont-email.me>, bp@www.zefox.net says...

 
John Aldridge <jpsa@cantab.net> wrote:

In article <uu1rtd$31a20$1@dont-email.me>, bp@www.zefox.net says...

 
From time to time it'd be nice to have a remote control camera
connected to my Pi. Most likely use would be watching for
unwelcome critters in the garage or garden.
 
Knowing absolutely nothing I downloaded zoneminder...

 
I've not used zoneminder, but have used 'motion' for watching wildlife
(https://motion-project.github.io/) which works fine on an RPi (both
with USB cameras and the RPi camera).
 

 
How does one guesstimate which cameras will work? Zonemaster has a list,
but I didn't see one for motion. It looks like the better-performing
cameras start in the mid-hundreds of dollars so a correct choice matters.

I'm not aware of a list of tested cameras, though a quick glance at the
documentation suggests that one which supports Video4Linux2 should work.

But I wasn't trying to persuade you to switch away from zoneminder, just
suggesting something else you might try if zoneminder doesn't work out.

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Cheers,
John