video baby monitor

[Matt Price]

On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 12:21 -0600, Brian Fahrlander wrote:
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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?
> 
you mean you can just buy those??  ahh...


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Matt Price
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University of Toronto
matt.price at utoronto.ca
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