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This is a page for me to wiki notes about the security cameras I am setting up at my house.

I have a 4 channel swann capture card and 2 cameras to connect, and possibly looking at using a WebCam I have lying around spare also.

Zoneminder (http://www.zoneminder.com) is the first option of software to setup, and motion (http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome) as a backup plan if i cant get zoneminder to play nice.

Both use Video4Linux sources for capture, so this will be the first mission. The only experience I have with this previously is a small amount of playing with MythTV.

Currently I cannot find Linux drivers for this card (swann dvr 4), I have emailed the chipset manufacturers and swann.. however have not received any response yet. I will chase this up, so far I cannot recommend this card as it seems to be an unsupported chipset under Linux. I will post more information when I find any more.

Q:

Hi,

Is the SW-R-PCDVR4 supported under Linux?  Thank you.

Regards,
Matthias

A:

Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email. With regards to your message, kindly note the
answer is unfortunately a NO.


Kind regards.

Neville Munshi
Wholesale & Trade Business Manager
Swann Communications

It works under Windows, however the Windows Software doesn't seem to be as advanced as zoneminder.