Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Peter H. Coffin" Newsgroups: comp.lang.php Subject: Re: Read info from webcam video Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 12:52:09 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <5e27f6e2-479b-466d-b819-910dbb58cfb5@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="4163d0103afdb3d32fe6c98974b1e330"; logging-data="24759"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX190g9Q9nq/V0ICgkgTSLWu1" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (OpenBSD) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NAAurcseWsE3dZ5m9iOOhpnOL8Q= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.php:9865 On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 06:14:25 -0400, Norman Peelman wrote: > On 06/20/2013 10:31 PM, Peter H. Coffin wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:14:15 -0400, Norman Peelman wrote: >>> As long as he can grab the images from the cam via php (requires that >>> the IP camera has an internal server) then it is quite easily done. As >>> Jerry's response dictates. Examine the images looking for the tell-tale >>> LED. >> >> And checking against previous images to see if they were off, and >> selecting the appropriate image somehow to make the comparison with. And >> it'll be especially fun if the camera's not set someplace where the LED >> fills the entire sensor area... >> > > Well, since the op said it would be flashing, I imagine you only need > to find it 'on' at least once. OP said "flashing" not "on". And I know plenty of things that use a flashing power indicator to indicate an error condition, which is not just plain "on" or "off". -- 67. No matter how many shorts we have in the system, my guards will be instructed to treat every surveillance camera malfunction as a full-scale emergency. --Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord