I must say, this has been the most interesting topic I've seen on this list. Its a real-world application. When you get it working you should write an article for a magazine such as Linux Format - they'd snap it up quick as winking. Rob --- Bill Gradwohl <bill@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I need some recommendations on equipment thats FC2 supported > to perform > surveillance that will provide video and audio that will stand > up in > court. i.e. high enough in resolution to be regarded as > credible. Just > reading the specs on equipment I've Googled for doesn't tell > me what I'm > going to need. That requires experience I don't have. > > One of my neighbors, directly across the street, is a > nuisance. The rest > of the neighborhood (5 homes) just got done having a meeting > with local > law enforcement to discuss how we go about altering his > behavior. Long > story short, we have to record that behavior, file charges and > bring > evidence to court. As the only professional computer geek I > volunteered > my help. > > Among many many other things, Mr nuisance has a habit of going > into his > 4 car garage and revving the engine on one of his customized > vehicles to > red line at all hours of the day and night for a few minutes. > No one > knows why he does this, and its never long enough for the > police to > catch him at it but it does wake up the neighborhood, > especially the > kids. He will do the same for a vehicle parked in his drive > way before > he peals rubber onto the street and blasts thru the STOP sign. > Every > vehicle he owns (3 pickups, 2 cars, 1 Harley, 2 dirt bikes, 2 > ATV, 1 > mini motorcycle for his son) has the bare minimum of mufflers, > and he > marks his territory by constantly annoying his neighbors. > > I need recommendations on equipment suitable to capture such > action at a > distance of 200 feet. Audio only at night would suffice as > long as we > can show video and audio of similar events during broad day > light. The > audio is the part that concerns me. I may have to have the > equipment > outdoors to get good audio. > > I plan on training the camera at the street in front of his > house which > would also capture his house in the background, and connecting > it to a > video4linux setup running 24/7 with several hundred Gig of > disk space. > > -- > Bill Gradwohl > bill@xxxxxxx > http://www.ycc.com > SPAMstomper Protected email > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
