[PLUG] [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] TUESDAY PLUG Advanced Topics: Linux as a security camera monitoring platform

Ken Eshelby eshelbyk at gmail.com
Mon Feb 15 18:45:45 UTC 2016


Glad to see a meeting coming together.

Thanks for the offer to talk, Kevin!  Didn't even think to look for a
system like ZoneMinder.

I've had a cheap dvr type box and a couple cameras sitting in a box to be
setup for a couple years now.  Would rather build a low power mini ITX type
(if something small+efficient is out there with PCI card size
compatability) box to do this and add quality and flexibility to the setup.

Discussion of the different capture card type quality and OS
distro/versions compatibility would be excellent.  Integration with OpenHAB
would be interesting to discuss as well.


On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Michael Dexter <dexter at ambidexter.com>
wrote:

>
> Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics Meeting Announcement
>
> Who: Kevin Kaelar
> What: Linux as a security camera monitoring platform
> Where: Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Avenue, Portland
> When: Tuesday, 16 February 2016, at 7PM
> Why: Because combining physical and digital security is an interesting
> puzzle
> Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live
>
> Setting up a camera in Linux is relatively easy. With any luck, you plug
> in the USB cable and it "just works". But what if you need ten cameras?
> What if you need to store increasingly large amounts of footage for
> liability purposes? What if you need to be able to access the realtime
> feed from any (or all) of those cameras from anywhere in the world? What
> if you need fine-grained motion detection for some of the cameras,
> scheduled recording capabilities for others at certain times of day, and
> provide varying levels of access to multiple users?
>
> This problem set is normally solved in a business environment by
> purchasing expensive (and frequently proprietary) security camera
> systems at a significant cost. However, it's possible to accomplish all
> of these things with a Linux-based application called ZoneMinder. During
> this talk, you'll be walked through the process of setting up a fully
> featured security camera and monitoring system, and will have the
> opportunity to learn about and/or discuss some of the supportive tech
> such as an Apache proxy, firewall and router configuration, and pruning
> and backing up video archives.
>
> About Kevin
>
> System administrator, game designer, software developer, open source
> contributor, Soylent drinker, wood carver, small electronics prototyper,
> blacksmith, poet, machinist, musician, and martial artist. Currently
> working as a full time web application developer for a music publishing
> company, Kevin spends most of his spare time babysitting a 3d printer
> and doing fun (and occasionally strange) things with Arduino at his
> startup in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon.
>
> Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250469451
>
> Many will head to the Lucky Lab at 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd. after the
> meeting.
>
> Rideshares Available
>
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>
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>
>
> See you there!
>
> Michael Dexter
> PLUG Volunteer
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Ken

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