[wellylug] Video Capture device

[Chris Hodgetts]

Is there anything that can take the 4 inputs and combine them both into
a single image with each corner of the screen being an input from the
same card?

Dare I say this, Windows managed to get two images simultaneously from
the card from two different sources..


On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 15:21, Nigel Roberts wrote:
> Well, for a start you won't be able to use more than one of the inputs
> at a time. You'll need one card per camera, or you'll need to cycle
> through them.
> 
> You could use an application such as camsource (blatant plug, I wrote
> the autobrightness feature for it): http://camsource.sf.net. It's not
> being as well maintained these days. I think there's other
> applications out there that are specifically designed for this type of
> thing, maybe http://www.zoneminder.com/ ?
> 
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 at 15:02:49 +1200, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
> 
> > I have a Video Capture device, bttv , anyway, this is a module in the
> > kernel and works well..
> > 
> > I have 4 input devices with the card, and XawTV sees them as 
> > 
> > 1, Television
> > 2, Composite 1
> > 3, S-Video
> > 4, Composite 3
> > 
> > Each of these selections displays within XawTV the device that is
> > attached to that plug.
> > 
> > Anyway, what I want to know is, with these 4 capture devices, work wants
> > to use them for Video Surveillance,  
> > 
> > Originally it was on a windows box, but the software was crap to say the
> > least (Not Window, well Yes windows, but the application they used to
> > capture the images)
> > 
> > Anyway, I want to be able to stream them if I can, but also record any
> > changes in motion so, stream 24/7 and record to a avi or something when
> > motion is detected and e-mail an alert..  and rotate the logs after x
> > ammount of days, but this needs to happen per channel input..
> > 
> > they dont ask for much ay ;0
> > 
> > Anyway, any thoughts and ideas would be helpful! :)
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
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