On Aug 16, 2025, at 16:44, Dianne Skoll via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > > Ehh... no, not really. I just hacked it together in an afternoon. I > plugged in the camera and installed Motion > (https://motion-project.github.io/) to record movies when motion is > detected and to provide an HTTP feed for viewing the camera output, and > that's about it. > > I happen to use a Pi 4, but I have used a Pi 3 in the past and it had > sufficient horsepower and is cheaper. > 15 or so years ago, I did the system design for a linux based video camera which could operate through a firewall as a favour to a friend. Could be done without too much hacking but securing it was the hardest part. External server was needed to maintain “I am here” dynamic IP address cache since it was assumed that the end user camera IP address and external IP address could change at any time. Could be done using DHT instead of an external cache server in theory. It was implemented and sold. Don’t know about now. /sc To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org