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<meino.cramer <at> gmx.de> writes: |
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OK, one last trick, that will work with a coax camera. |
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A coax output camera, can be connected to either |
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a h.264 encoder/mux (standard industry equipment) |
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or to a pci card that has external coax inputs. |
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You can then put a coax splitter (a mechanical tee) |
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and run the camera output to 2 differnet computers. |
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One encodes and records (writes to) the HD, then |
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other for viewing. Hokey, but we used it to test |
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the encoding delays of various video surveillance boxes. |
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Camera's that output h.264 direclty, usually use |
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a custom encoder that will differ from vendor to vendor. |
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Vendors do this because each algo, code_block and patent |
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is managed my the MPLA and vendors engineer what to put |
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inside of a video camera that outputs h.264 by playing |
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"what if" with a myriad of offerings directly or indirectly |
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from software vendors. |
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It you can, a video camera with coax outputs is best and you |
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can run your own h.264 encoding on a workstation or a |
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stand alone video encoding board. |
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Probably too much work for your needs, methinks....... |
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I have threatened to pick up the zoneminder code and fork |
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it, as have others, but I just dont have the time for that. |
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It's a large effort to say the least. |
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A google summer of code genius could/should do that, because |
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support for h.264 and V8 (media-libs/libvpx) would be very, very |
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keen, imho added to ZM. V8 is superior to h.264 and is |
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not patent encumbered. |
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sorry I'm not more help, |
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James |
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