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Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated. I would rather do this
with a camera rather than a video link if possible - I don't need real
time but do need a compact easy to review output; I'd normally review
the output every week or 2.

Nick, I had "neighbor visitors" for a long time, who thought my barn was
an attractive meeting place. Things got messed with, and occasionally
taken. (especially the beer; damn!)

I set up an inexpensive Wally-World video camera, and a junked-out old
desktop PC. I run the freeware "HSSVSS", which monitors up to two
channels of video (up to 8 in the purchased version), and saves still
frames upon motion detection.

It has been _perfect_ for me. It will monitor as long as I want, and
save up all motion frames for future review, with an option to re-cycle
the frames after a certain amount of storage has been used. It will also
e-mail me whenever there's an event, and allow me to review the frames or
watch the real-time video remotely (as from my business, 10 miles away).

The whole rig (discounting the old PC, which cost, essentially, nothing)
came in at $119, including software, cabling, camera, and video-to-USB
interface.

After a quick advertising around the community concerning the fact that I
had 24-hour surveillance, and we've not had another visit, except for the
errant deer who wanders into the shot now and again.

LLoyd