Do you know any Linux based CCTV solution?

Question

I'm looking for CCTV solution. I found this http://www.zoneminder.com/ but last version has been released about 2 years ago.

Answer 1

IP cams are quite cheap these days, it's dedicated hardware and there's the advantage of easy configurability. If there's functionality in those IP cams a GNU/Linux+webcam setup can't give you, and you don't mind shelling out for it, then by all means go that way.

Also updates for ZoneMinder might be on their way: Forum Posts

Answer 2

I would recommend Motion.

Answer 3

I know people who've successfully used zoneminder and Cisco IP cameras (PVC2300 I think) for a Linux based CCTV system. But from memory there was a good about of work building a setup around both of these products to achieve exactly what was needed.

Answer 4

While there are lots of hardware you can buy / attach (and I second Teddy's recommendation for motion) I have found Axis cameras (and their other hardware) to be very good quality / well documented / well supported / reliable etc....

but last version has been released about 2 years ago.

You don't want to use stable software????

Answer 5

We're running Zoneminder in production. As far as I'm aware there are no showstopper bugs on it, so I'm not too worried that it's out of active development; it's probably worth looking into, at least.