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I was wondering about installing the Raspberry Pi as a video recording device and connecting a USB camera to it. Of course, I'd rather compress it using something like MPEG. Does the hardware support that in any way, or would it all have to be done in software?

Heck, if I could compress the video, I could stream a live feed through the internet, to make a crude "nanny cam"!

tlhIngan
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Theoretically, you will be able to do so, based on the information on Broadcom's page: http://www.broadcom.com/products/BCM2835

The BCM2835 has 1080p30 Full HD HP H.264 Video Encode/Decode capabilities, the only question is if and when someone will come up with a driver that supports that kind of functionality.

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    Turns out there's a whole discussion about it at http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1784 The implication is that only close contact with Broadcom will allow anyone to write a driver, and there might not be anyone in the RBPi community who can do it, unless the RBPi engineers do it. – Shalom Craimer Jun 20 '12 at 08:47
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    http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1839 seems like an update? – XTL Sep 14 '12 at 07:39