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   John Aldridge  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I'll admit that zoneminder appears to be a fairly ambitious project....   
   was hoping motion might be closer to cheap plug-and-pray setup.   
      
   The initial mystery (figuring out what's chewing up a lemon tree) has   
   been resolved the old fashioned way. Still, knowing what's possible   
   and affordable will be useful the next time something like this comes   
   up.   
      
   Thanks to everybody who responded, I'm slightly less ignorant now!   
      
   bob prohaska   
      
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