Time-lapse/surveillance software

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joe - 03 Oct 2008 10:37 GMT

I have set multiple USB cameras around the house. Many of them came with software
to record time-lapse video. Unfortunately they record only specific cameras.

What I am looking for is (preferably free) time-lapse or similar software that
could cycle between capture devices and save to individual JPG's or make an AVI.

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Doug Meredith - 03 Oct 2008 14:01 GMT

>I have set multiple USB cameras around the house. Many of them came with software
>to record time-lapse video. Unfortunately they record only specific cameras.
>
>What I am looking for is (preferably free) time-lapse or similar software that
>could cycle between capture devices and save to individual JPG's or make an AVI.

This may be overkill for what you are asking for but take a look at
ZoneMinder. It's a full open-source DVR application.

http://www.zoneminder.com/

Doug

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joe - 04 Oct 2008 10:22 GMT

>>I have set multiple USB cameras around the house. Many of them came with software
>>to record time-lapse video. Unfortunately they record only specific cameras.
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>Doug

I forgot to mention I am running win2000.

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Si Ballenger - 08 Nov 2008 01:49 GMT

Some old but possibly useful for a DIY time lapse cam setup. USB
cams are generally not the best for multicam surveillance. Analog
cams are much easier to work with.

http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/ppswitcher3.htm
http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/webcamsetup.htm
http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/index.htm

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