If you want a free recording platform look at Exacq. You get a single camera to try and it works with Linux.
I use their OVA VM so I haven’t done the install.

You do not want to record security footage to SSD ever. You will kill the drive in less than a year.


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Ryan

> On Feb 1, 2015, at 10:03 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The camera is a Foscam FI8905W that's why I was researching on that link. I recall someone else had some sort of "video to ssd" project going a bit ago but I was not following it very closely which is unfortunate for me.
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> paul g
> 
> 
> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 21:49:53 -0600
> From: kellywilliams81 at gmail.com <mailto:kellywilliams81 at gmail.com>
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Using a video camera with linux:
> 
> whats the model of the camera
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman at cwis.biz <mailto:ryan.coleman at cwis.biz>> wrote:
> YMMV who made the camera? 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 1, 2015, at 5:48 AM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com <mailto:pj.world at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Hi, I recently found a camera in the garbage can while I was searching for my dinner. I am wondering if anyone else has experience with cameras running on the Linux operating system? Currently I am interested in the report as found here by the link provided: --> http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/762058-how-to-operate-your-spycams-with-zoneminder-on-linux-part-1- <http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/762058-how-to-operate-your-spycams-with-zoneminder-on-linux-part-1->
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> Thank you for your unbridled time.
> 
> paul g 
> 
> Gobble Gobble, happy new year 
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