[ale] X10 cameras and Linux

[William Wylde Baron Shatturday]

John Wells wrote:

>Geoffrey said:
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>>I don't do x10 cams, I do wired cams connected to video capture cards.
>>If you have an interest in that approach, let me know.
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>Geoffrey,
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>I'd be very interested in learning your setup.  Type of cam, how you use
>it, etc.
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I'd second that.  I've actually been doing some surveillence 
video-streaming using a dedicated DVR catching a port forwarded from the 
firewall. 

Good enough setup, but the DVR itself is rather limited- only 4 cameras 
can be connected to it, and I think they've actually got at least 10 or 
more up there (at a parking lot near the airport).

What would be a good, cheap way to integrate that many cams with some 
sort of streaming network delivery, other than getting more or a larger 
DVR, that is?  I was thinking a capture card connected to a 
multi-channel video patch-bay gizmo, with some sort of methodology to 
switch the channels on the patch-bay...

Would this be something X-10 could do well?  What would be the best kind 
of card to get for this?

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