Very good information.
Thank you!

I will see how I adapt this to my IP cameras, and update this thread with the information.

The use of USB webcams is... freaking awesome.
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Thank you!

Hello,

Very happy to be part of this community.
I bought a  Globalscale Dreamplug, and I'm expecting it later this week.

I would like to do a little project with it, and was wondering if you guys could give me a general direction.

I have an IP camera, which I would like the Dreamplug to connect to (same network switch).
Once connected, I would like the Dreamplug to "pull" a mpeg4 video from the camera and save it locally.
The video will be 60 seconds long.

That's the part I need help with.
The other part, which I can do my self (somewhat!) is to upload via ftp that 60 second file to a webserver.

Any thoughts on what I can do/use for the "video"?
Would ffmpeg be a good place to start?

Thanks to everyone in advance!