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thanks for your reply.

the axis cameras look to be out of my price range.

hi can anyone offer some advice on a hardware spec for a zoneminder server. i want to run with 4-8 IP cameras, all motion detection, to monitor access into a number of storerooms housing valuables. i need whatever framerate and resolution you guys suggest to be able to accurately recognise faces of ...

how do you specify where to put the images grabbed using zmu?

i want to put it into a script and then cronjob but using zmu it will only put the images in the same working directory as the script is run in.

i did the same

on the tracker got this though, so still waiting

THE VALUE IS MISSING ON THE INVOICE AND IS REQUIRED FOR CLEARANCE;RETURNED TO SHIPPER

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=SV-SC-P878&af=50 where it says # Recording Rate : 16~30fps (NTSC), 12~25fps (PAL) (depend on CPU speed and channel) # Display Rate : 30 fps (NTSC), 25fps (PAL) Video Resolution : 320 x 240 Compression Format : MJPEG (software compression) does that ...

No, you misunderstand me. knowing that I ideally wanted a 640x480 resolution image from my webcams I needed to know how the approximate file size of the images. I took a photo with our regular digital camera, resized it to 640x480 to get a rough idea of the file size of each recorded frame. im no ...

looks right in principle, but i dont get where you're getting the image from and resizing it???

zm should do all that for you and add in a level of compression to make the filesize smaller, at a cost to the quality of the image...

856kb?!
i think something is wrong

hi all, got this camera for free http://www.digitalvideos.co.uk/default.asp?txtaction=selectproduct&txtid=935 and want to hook it upto zoneminder which just has a usb camera on it at the moment. its got a bnc connection, what options do i have in the uk to plug it into a pc. i cant find any bnc ...

i too am stumped at trying to find a capture card. 4 inputs would be enough. can only find the ones on ebay that come from hongkong

would it be better to go with standard cameras and videp capture cards?

presumably the advantage of ip cams is that you can just plug them anywhere on your network. but if some extra cabling may be needed anyway would it be better just to go with normal cameras?

ok thanks for your help

will all this streaming grind the network to a halt??

yeah sorry, lots of variables so i dont know where to start. was thinking of using ip cams. all will need to be high quality as i plan to use it in a shop and so the recordings *could* be used as evidence in the case of a theft/incident. same goes for the framerate, im not sure what would be the ...

advice on server requirements anyone?

am planning a setup for a shopfront and to cover the carpark. will need about 9 cameras in total, all high res, whats the point if you cant make out peoples faces. some will need to be external so day/night infra red etc. open to suggestions for cameras, but i realise theres a lot out there. my main ...