Re: [Motion-user] Cheap IP camera

[David P. <da...@de...>]

That's a great idea that I had not considered. In fact, I may have 
everything I need already to assemble one of those.  Thanks!

Also,  that's an awesome Motion setup you have there. Mine is similar but 
probably not as stable. I'd like to compare notes one day.

David

On May 16, 2021 6:38:53 AM Alan Clifford <mot...@cl...> wrote:

> I use a Raspberry Pi zero W.  It has wireless but you need a power source.
>
> You can see the camera output and I also run Apache on it to create it's
> own website of motion captured pictures.  (Colours are a bit odd as this
> one has the camera module without an infrared filter.)
>
> http://nivalis.clifford.ac/tempcam/motionindex.html
>
> http://nivalis.clifford.ac/tempcam/index.html
>
> It will cost a bit more than $30 but it's a Linux computer so you can
> configure it as you like.
>
> Alan
> --
>
> David Powell wrote to Motion discussion list
> [at 16:20 (-0500) on Saturday, 15th May, 2021]:
>
>> I'm looking for a plain, inexpensive, indoor IP camera to use with Motion,
>> and not having much luck.  Seems like every camera for sale nowadays requires
>> you to download an app for your phone and create an account on some Chinese
>> web site.  What I want to do is configure the camera on its web interface,
>> assign it a static IP address, and use Motion to monitor it.  I don't want to
>> create an account nor download an app. Picture quality is not important.
>> Bonus points if the camera is $30 or less.
>>
>> Does such a camera exist any more?  Can anyone suggest one?
>>
>> Thanks, David
>>
>>
>>
>
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