Zoneminder is a great system, if configured and setup well. If you're going to go with direct connected cameras, make sure to find a vendor who has experience with Zoneminder and video4linux to make sure there's some experience to work with.... v4l is a difficult thing to make work with a single input, when dealing with 8-32 or more it can be a true nightmare. Bluecherry (http://store.bluecherry.net/) specializes in linux security systems, they would be a good source for any hardware you need at the very least. If doing IP cameras, Zoneminder is just as good, but without the pain of setting up v4l. This is in some ways a better option, but you'll need to consider how much your network will be affected by the traffic involved, and might want to consider setting up a different network just to handle the camera traffic. Kris Browne kris.browne at gmail.com 612-353-6969 612-408-4431 http://www.google.com/profiles/kris.browne "the least expensive, most bug-free line of code is the one you didn't have to write." - Steve Jobs On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:08, Raymond Norton <admin at lctn.org> wrote: > Is zoneminder a good solution for a camera security system, or is there a > better solution? > > Would like to use IP or BNC/RCA camera, with DVR capability. > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110203/144fca42/attachment-0001.html>