XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.home.repair
From: chop654@gmail.com
On Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:09:39 +1100, 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?
Yep, you are free to use the ones which normally go to some sort of
video recorder direct to your PC if you 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?
Yep but it is better not to and use a camera with a Cat5/6 feed instead.
> **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.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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