- Sep 11, 2005
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My cousin, who lives in Atlanta, is a graphic designer and music technician. He has an old iBook that he is going to give me because he got a new one. I've been thinking about this lately, and I have been wondering what kind of things I could do with it.
This idea is somewhat complex. What I want to do is take the laptop apart and use the screen as a video monitor. Let me explain a bit. I want to physcially separate the screen from the laptop's body and build the screen into a wall or desk. I want to use the screen to view footage from several (probably 4) Wi-Fi cameras. Basically, I want to use it as a security monitor, where I can watch the 4 cameras. Now here is where I have a block. I want to set this up so I can quarter the screen and watch one camera in each of the four little windows. I want to also be able to click on one of the little screens, and it would enlarge to a fullscreen view, then click and it goes back to the quartered view. What I need to know is if there is a program out there that lets me do this.
My other problem is the OS. When in the security camera viewing mode, I do not want myself or any other user to see a part of an OS. I basically want the security program to take up the whole screen. I'm thinking that Linux sounds like it would do the job, correct? Is this even possible?
This idea is somewhat complex. What I want to do is take the laptop apart and use the screen as a video monitor. Let me explain a bit. I want to physcially separate the screen from the laptop's body and build the screen into a wall or desk. I want to use the screen to view footage from several (probably 4) Wi-Fi cameras. Basically, I want to use it as a security monitor, where I can watch the 4 cameras. Now here is where I have a block. I want to set this up so I can quarter the screen and watch one camera in each of the four little windows. I want to also be able to click on one of the little screens, and it would enlarge to a fullscreen view, then click and it goes back to the quartered view. What I need to know is if there is a program out there that lets me do this.
My other problem is the OS. When in the security camera viewing mode, I do not want myself or any other user to see a part of an OS. I basically want the security program to take up the whole screen. I'm thinking that Linux sounds like it would do the job, correct? Is this even possible?
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