video recording

[jerbaby78]

hey everyone. i just realized today that my car has been keyed. pretty bad too. full length on both sides . anyway, im convinced that its something personal and i have a pretty good idea of who did it. what ive been thinking is maybe i could set up a camera in case he comes back. ive been looking around at wireless cameras and recording devices. i was hoping someone could give me some advise on what to buy.

here's the situation. the car is about 50 ft from the window i would set this up in. i would like for it to be able to make license plates legible. what kind of resolution would i need for that? keep in mind i am not rich so i would like to keep this low budget without sacrificing quality. also i want to be able to record for 2-3 days but at the very least 24hrs. i want to know if i can record directly onto my harddrive or would i need a separate recorder?

you guys always come through for me so thanks in advance

[sm8000]

I'm not sure what to suggest for a camera, but instead of a video you could just have it snap a photo at a given interval, say every 30 seconds. This will save you a lot of hard drive space. As for legibility you should be able to manage that on your screen with zoom and focus.

[jerbaby78]

ok so if i snap a picture every 30 seconds, then what kind of software should i have to do this? what if i only recorded for 12hrs? how much space would i need for that?

[Zaida2000]

my advice to you is to use something like Gotchu .. it is a motion detection software that can be used with any camera.