Outdoor surveillance cameras

[MossRoad]

O.K. I have an X10 wide angle cam on my pool in the summer. I can watch it on any TV in the house by switching to channel 3. The picture and sound are great for a $50.00 camera. I also have a few others around the place that are connected to an old video switcher that I picked up for free.

This can feed a bunch of different things. I could run it into a time lapse VCR or a PC video capture card and record a picture each time the picture changes as an image recorded on the hard drive. The more time delay I have between cameras, the fewer pictures I have. I'd save small pictures, but they will do fine. If I had a multiple input video card, I could use the motion sensing software on all of the inputs and have pictures only when motion is detected in the picture, or even video clips.

So far, all I have gotten is pictures of the occasional UPS delivery and lots of robins pooping on my fence.

 

[scott_vt]

Also at night people would stop and steal. There are not a lot of pay and takes anymore as this area is being developed and the old farmers and passing and the land is sold. If it is good land it goes into vineyards or subdivided and built on. The more people the more crime.

Mornin Robert,
Thats just really sad !!! The passing of an era !!! I like the old ways myself, sorry to hear that area is getting crime prone !

Hope you get a system together that works for you !