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In article , bp@www.zefox.net says...
>
> John Aldridge wrote:
> > In article , 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.
--
Cheers,
John
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