video baby monitor

[Brian Fahrlander]

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Matt Price wrote:
> hi,
> 
> skype got me thinking about this again.
> hopefully this won't lead to my arrest.  
> 
> we would like to have a babymonitoring system that lets us go next door
> to the neighbours' and have a drink once in a while (they have kidstoo,
> so we all feel a little trapped.  We have an audio video monitor which
> works well but there are parties in this ocnfiguration who feel
> uncomfortable with that set up.  so I've been asked to hook up a video
> camera to a laptop to use as a video monitor.  
> 
> sooo.. what would be the best way to do this?  would you use something
> like wengophone with a webcam (or better, can you do video chat with a
> proper video camera connected via firewire?  then we couldget some
> decent focus).?  Or should I somehow screencast the images from my
> screen (using what, one of those desktop exporters/  not sure).  

    Sounds like those $100 Walmart cameras is what you need; a separate
system, without concern for downtime, someone logging you out or
anything else; just plug it in, and go next door.  Something like this
is probably better as a standalone system, aye?

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 Brian Fahrländer                 Christian, Conservative, and Technomad
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