My apologies if this isn't really the group to post this but can anyone
advise what I need to record from a simple CCTV camera? I already edit tapes
from my camcorder via firewire but do I need something else (apart from
software) to set up a simple CCTV at the front and back of the house?

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:17:25 GMT, "Jewlssss"
allegedly wrote:

My apologies if this isn't really the group to post this but can
anyone advise what I need to record from a simple CCTV camera? I
already edit tapes from my camcorder via firewire but do I need
something else (apart from software) to set up a simple CCTV at the
front and back of the house?

If you want to record 2 cameras, you'll need a capture card that has 2
inputs using the same connectors as the cameras you're using. If you want
to capture at DVD quality, then you'll need a very fast processor to
perform the on-the-fly encoding. You'll obviously want the high quality,
because if you have low quality then you're not going to be able to do
anything with the footage that you get besides watching some human shaped
object do something in the dark.

On 21 Dec 2006 12:11:30 GMT, Dave R wrote:

My apologies if this isn't really the group to post this but can
anyone advise what I need to record from a simple CCTV camera? I
already edit tapes from my camcorder via firewire but do I need
something else (apart from software) to set up a simple CCTV at the
front and back of the house?

If you want to record 2 cameras, you'll need a capture card that has 2
inputs using the same connectors as the cameras you're using. If you want
to capture at DVD quality, then you'll need a very fast processor to
perform the on-the-fly encoding. You'll obviously want the high quality,
because if you have low quality then you're not going to be able to do
anything with the footage that you get besides watching some human shaped
object do something in the dark.

FAR lower than DVD quality is fine for a security camera.

In message , Laurence Payne
writes
FAR lower than DVD quality is fine for a security camera.
Depends on your definition of 'far'. I'd use it at the highest frame
rate and resolution that the hardware will support, if you're dedicating
hardware to it you might as well make the best use of it. Of course you
will sacrifice duration for quality but I've yet to meet a police
officer who didn't appreciate the clarity of my 720x576 15fps CCTV
recordings and disk space is cheap these days.

--
Clint Sharp