Re: CCTV cameras - feed to PC s/w

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

Phil,
Does the zoneminder software need X installed? I'm using a server only
version of Red Hat with no X Server installation, but I have an AIW 128 Pro
Card in the server...

I'd love to have a video feed/image capture from my CCTV, but really don't
want to have to view it on the server.

I.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Coombes" <philip.coombes@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] CCTV cameras - feed to PC s/w


> Hi Paul,
>
> For four cameras or so you can probably get by with a 300Mhz PC with
about
> 256Mb of RAM and maybe 10-20Gb of disk maximum. It all depends how you
> configure it really, so if you have all your cameras flying along at
25fps
> then something a lot more recent would be required. If you're happy to
> sample at 5fps then the above will do fine.
>
> It will monitor as many cameras as you have configured, they are all
done
> simultaneously, the exception being say if all 4 inputs are used on a
> capture card with only one DSP when it will round robin them and so
> technically it not actually simultaneous as they take turns but it's
only
a
> fraction of a second and that is a hardware limitation that all
software
> will share. I have 5 cameras on my system (2 true video, 2 USB and one
IP)
> and it's an old 266Mhz P2, works just fine with no need for any kind
of
> video switching at all.
>
> It has been suggested that I come up with an ISO image for people to
install
> Linux+ZoneMinder to make life easier and this is something I plan to
do as
> soon as I get time.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul" <p-gale@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 8:14 PM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] CCTV cameras - feed to PC s/w
>
>
> > Thanks Phil,
> >
> >
> >
> > I remember having a look at your site before but never installed
it as I
> don't have a Linux box currently. Any idea of minimum spec PC for
running
> it? Also, is there any way of monitoring several streams
simultaneously?
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Philip Coombes [mailto:philip.coombes@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 10 May 2003 19:02
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] CCTV cameras - feed to PC s/w
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > If you've got an old box that you can run Linux on, and you can
get hold
> of
> > a couple of video capture cards, then you could try my software,
> ZoneMinder.
> > It's open source and free and available from http://www.zoneminder.com
if
> > you want to have a look. It takes care of all the switching
between
> sources
> > that you might want, you can view your video stream live, plus it
will
> > optionally generate X10 commands on motion detection, or respond
to them
> to
> > start recording. It records events as mpegs or a series of stills
and
> > records before the event as well as during and after. There's
also
various
> > other things like notification emails and everything controlled
by a
user
> > friendly web interface.
> >
> > >From what you've said it would seem just right for you, but
have a look
> > anyway and give it a try if you like it.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Phil,
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul" <p-gale@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 4:45 PM
> > Subject: [ukha_d] CCTV cameras - feed to PC s/w
> >
> >
> > > OK, it's so dead here today I decided to finally put up my
CCTV
camera's
> > (4x low lux B&W IR type and a colour Comfort doorphone cam).
> > >
> > > I've got an Extron MAV-128 video matrix switcher and I'm
going to feed
> > them into that for the time being. I've also got a Tivo modded
for CCTV
> > recording (but only constant roll-over recording - not ideal). I
really
> want
> > to record any movement from any of the 5 camera's onto a PC. I'm
looking
> for
> > s/w and ways of doing this. I guess there are two ways of doing
this:
> > >
> > > 1) fit PIR's with each camera (which I will be doing in some
of the
> > locations anyway) and have Comfort/HV/ACE switch the active zone
to the
PC
> > which would then record via some simple software (what s/w???)
> > > 2) Use some kind of multi-input camera card (as discussed
many times
on
> > this list) and let that decide which zone has been triggered by
it's
> > software
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > > Paul.
> > >
> > >
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