XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.home.repair   
   From: Bears@invalid.com   
      
   On 12/19/22 12:58, this is what Peter wrote:   
   > On 12/19/2022 12:09 PM, micky wrote:   
   >> I wanted to get some waterproof/outdoor cameras that plugged into the   
   >> PC, or maybe something that connected straight to the PC.   
   >>   
   >> But all I see for sale are cameras meant to clip to the monitor, not be   
   >> screwed to the wall.   
   >>   
   >> Or if they are meant for outside, they are either wifi or they are meant   
   >> to go to some sort of separate video recorder.   
   >>   
   >> Do they sell what I want?   
   >>   
   >> I'm not worried about burglars or porch thieves, I just want to look at   
   >> my yard when I'm inside. There is some wildlife that spend time there,   
   >> but I have no window on that side of the room I spend a lot of time in,   
   >> and even if there wwere I window, I'd have to stand up, leave my work at   
   >> my desk, stand on the bed and look down at the yard.  I want to be able   
   >> to watch on the PC monitor instead.  --- If I went outside, most of the   
   >> animals would run away   
   >>   
   >> I hoped to have 3 cameras**. A real bonus would be if I could do   
   >> something like run all 3 into one hub and just run one wire through the   
   >> window frame or wall.  (Darn, I found what they call a waterproof   
   >> enclosure for a 4-port hub, but it's showing just a regular $10 hub and   
   >> a box without only one usb jack. By Sabrent but Amazon has no ratings   
   >> and no Q&A.  I'll keep looking, or make my own?)   
   >>   
   >> It it possible to cut the the USB connector off of a cord, slide the   
   >> wire through a hole, cut the wire to the desired length, and reattach a   
   >> USB conector?   
   >>   
   >> **One facing the front, one to the right of that, and one mounted a foot   
   >> or two away, around the corner of the house, facing the side yard.   
   >   
   > Many of these are wireless.  Maybe one of the following would do for you?   
   >   
   > https://www.bestbuy.com/site/video-surveillance-systems/outdoo   
   -security-cameras/pcmcat1515445352153.c?id=pcmcat1515445352153   
   I was scaling it down in price to something like this.   
   https://www.amazon.com/Security-Wireless-Detection-Weatherproof-   
   potlight/dp/B09P1D9GD5   
   	   
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