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I'm trying to set up a video surveillance system at home.

Is there a software system out there that is easy enough for a beginner/basic user of 12.04 to set up and use?

I've been attempting to set up ZoneMinder for a week and still cannot get the first image from even my webcam.

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I found an easy way with a webcam and thanks to this french documentation.
The idea is:

  1. define a service to synchronize a folder on your PC and your Smart Phone
    or to let you consult it from an other computer on Internet:

    • install the synchronization service on your PC

    • install the synchronization service on your smart phone
      or do nothing and just use internet to consult the captured video from an other PC.

  2. install a video software to record videos when movement is detected

Let's do it with DropBox and Motion:

  1. Install the service to synchronize: Dropbox

    • On your PC, install DropBox Install nautilus-dropbox
      follow the instruction and install with the default options
      It will create a folder /home/boris/Dropbox (with boris your user logon)

    • Install DropBox on your smart phone, depending on your Smart Phone, find here the way to install it.
      I personally installed it from the GooglePlay on my Android phone. (without giving my phone number on the web site)

  2. Install Motion Install motion on your PC, and configure it:

    • copy the configuration file in your user environment:

      sudo cp /etc/motion/motion.conf ~/.config/motion.conf
      sudo chown boris:boris ~/.config/motion.conf
      

      (replace boris by your user logon)

    • edit the configuration file:

      gedit ~/.config/motion.conf
      

      modify the target directory to be your dropbox directory (replace boris by your user logon)

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      you may also want to define the resolution of the capture

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    • then launch your video surveillance:

      $ motion -c ~/.config/motion.conf
      
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I came through a best video surveillance software named as xeoma. Its having many features thats can made you wonder about it.

you can install it in ubuntu with

sudo apt-get install xeoma

for more information regarding features read XEOMA .

hope that helps.

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I have found one more software named as gSpy

gSpy : Its gnome eye used for secret cameras. you can download it from

http://gspy.sourceforge.net/

If you want to install it then , open your terminal and do as follows

wget http://gspy.sourceforge.net/gspy-0.1.8-src.tar.gz
   tar -xvf gspy-0.1.8-src.tar.gz
    cd gspy-0.1.8
    ./autogen.sh
    make
    sudo make install

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