I bought my first webcam. I didn't go with the cheapest, it's a Quickcam 9000. I want to use it for a security camera. The still image is nice and clear but anything that moves is a useless blur. Are USB webcams supposed to be like that?
Background.. I have several NTSC security cameras, but all of them produce low resolution images where you can't even read a licence plate. I want something that will record a nice clear/large image. What frustrates me is that the cheapest 1.3MP snap camera will produce the results I want, but I just run into roadblocks when trying to achieve those results in a security system. I thought I had the solution with this Quickcam, but it is useless. I tried recording video on my linux machine (using motion software) and on a windows machine using movie maker and the result were crap. The only other solution of which I can think is to use Gphoto and a Canon camera, but should it be that complicated? Is there not a hundred buck webcam solution that can record clear moving pictures?
If you have any other ideas, I'd appreciate it.