Re: [Motion-user] Cheap IP camera

[Arianto C N. <ari...@gm...>]

Another option if you have some unused android phone lying around.. You can
install an app called 'DroidCam'.. It will turn the phone as an IP cam, you
can just access the came using its ip..

On Sun, May 16, 2021, 17:25 David Powell <da...@de...> wrote:

> 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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