Hi
all,
I am wondering if
members here would advise on a great
video capture card
one can use for survellance and other
uses (such as
capturing a telescope data for astronomy) that
supports many
cameras in real-time (all/most channels active)
and also supports
remote/local viewing with protocols for
supporting full
tilt/motion/zoom. As for the camera itself,
I'd like to have at
least one that not only supports full tilt/motion/zoom
but can also might
support 0 lux, color, but perhaps also support
IR/uV as cheaply as
possible? Yeah, I know it might be
too expensive for my
budget but hey, I'd like to know what
my options are!
;)
I just happened to
find something like:
Lorex 16 Port PCI
Card Digital Video Recorder - 120
FPS
Model No: QLR1660
Features:
- 16 channel (camera) triplex PC card solution (view, record, playback
simultaneously)
- Local and Remote internet Monitoring Capability
- Digital Recording of live video to PC’s hard drive
- View up to 16 locations simultaneously
- Compatible with Windows operating system
- 1 / 8 / 16 / Full Screen / Sequencing
- Individual selection of security alarm features
- Digital freeze and zoom-in
- Easy search and playback of digitally recorded video
- Password security protection
- External alarm option
Minimum System Requirements:
Supports 16 cameras and 4 assignable audio
channels
Supports pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras with Pilco D
or equivalent protocol
Supplied software enables local network and remote
internet access
120fps recording speed
PC requires 62MB or larger video card, 20GB
available HD space and a 1.3GHz CPU
Includes Lorex™ application software
CD
Notice above Pilco D
or equivalent protocol...
Is this a
propreitary protocol or supported under Fedora???
It is also not clear
how to 'breakout' the 16-channel inputs
to support other
interfaces supporting other camera devices
such as camcorders,
webcams, VCR, MXC, S-? and so on.
and this card is
priced near $300.00 at bargain rates, or
so it
seems...
Also, this card may
be obsolete (at least it is no longer in
the Lorex website)
and there is very little information as
to programming the
card for local use (such as motion
detection, for
example) - but this is just one that I found
at the
moment.
Perhaps there are
better cards out there?
Does anyone have any
advice as to the card/camera that
would be great for
use under Linux/Fedora?
Thanks!
Dan