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« on: July 06, 2010, 10:44:51 am »
Hi,
I had to join just to chip in on this topic
. Though My implementation of whole LinuxMCE is still in my head, I'll put my two euro-cents in with what I know about these Foscam IP Cameras, I think it's a good topic to keep alive since they are rather versatile & cheap & hackable little buggers (they run linux)
I bought a foscam FI8908W Pan&tilt IP-cam a couple months ago and though I haven't had time to play with it much, I've been following the stories. Of interest in addition to gadgetvictims are these two blogs:
Even a baby could hack their baby cam with these instructions (not all posts are tagged with ip-cam so I guess that requires manual labor on your part):
http://www.computersolutions.cn/blog/category/ip-cam/
http://irishjesus.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/hacking-the-foscam-fi8908w/
I won't bother to talk about things I don't understand, but what I do understand is that they've managed to extract the binaries and compile them again with added features, which means the sky is the limit with what we can do with these. I'm just a mere noob when it comes to linux (not all Finnish people are Linux gurus) So I leave it to experts to figure what to do with all this...for now (what better way is there to learn everything about linux than project like LinuxMCE)
Also there's the thing about fake Foscam cameras. It seems that most of those cameras are manufactured by Foscam and OEM's just put their own firmware and updating a firmware is restricted by the firmware itself. So I guess even if you happen to have a clone, you should be able to hack it as well as the original. (via JTAG if nothing else)
Sorry for the blabber. Happy Hacking!
I had to join just to chip in on this topic
. Though My implementation of whole LinuxMCE is still in my head, I'll put my two euro-cents in with what I know about these Foscam IP Cameras, I think it's a good topic to keep alive since they are rather versatile & cheap & hackable little buggers (they run linux)I bought a foscam FI8908W Pan&tilt IP-cam a couple months ago and though I haven't had time to play with it much, I've been following the stories. Of interest in addition to gadgetvictims are these two blogs:
Even a baby could hack their baby cam with these instructions (not all posts are tagged with ip-cam so I guess that requires manual labor on your part):
http://www.computersolutions.cn/blog/category/ip-cam/
http://irishjesus.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/hacking-the-foscam-fi8908w/
I won't bother to talk about things I don't understand, but what I do understand is that they've managed to extract the binaries and compile them again with added features, which means the sky is the limit with what we can do with these. I'm just a mere noob when it comes to linux (not all Finnish people are Linux gurus) So I leave it to experts to figure what to do with all this...for now (what better way is there to learn everything about linux than project like LinuxMCE)
Also there's the thing about fake Foscam cameras. It seems that most of those cameras are manufactured by Foscam and OEM's just put their own firmware and updating a firmware is restricted by the firmware itself. So I guess even if you happen to have a clone, you should be able to hack it as well as the original. (via JTAG if nothing else)
Sorry for the blabber. Happy Hacking!