Web Cam

[Allycat]

Hi, All I want to use a Rpi to run 1 or more web cams which i would like to be able to access with my iphone. If anyone can point me in the right direction as to how to go about it, I would be very appreciated.

[ant_thomas]

Have a look here -

http://antthomas.co.uk/webcam/guide.php

It might give you some starting points.

[redhawk]

Webcam support in Linux is a joke you have the ability to take a snapshot but no basic control over the camera i.e. brightness, saturation, gamma or exposure.
Unless your webcam has automatic colour adjustments you'll basically end up with extremely dark and disappointing images.
Anyway in terms of software you're need fswebcam to capture your image, apache to serve it as a photo in a webpage and a bash script called via crontab to keep running fswebcam.

Richard S.

[Allycat]

Thanks for the replies. It seems ill be better off using an old laptop!