Jaycar Digital Video Recorder

[David]

Hi all,

I am looking at getting a four or eight channel digital video recorder
for home security, and am looking at what is around. I would like an
ethernet interface, to enable web viewing. Has anyone used one of these
Digital Video Recorders from Jaycar / Electus? If so what do you think
of them?

I have also seen some from WES.

Any comments from someone who has one would be very welcome.

David

 

[David]

Hi all,

I am looking at getting a four or eight channel digital video recorder
for home security, and am looking at what is around. I would like an
ethernet interface, to enable web viewing. Has anyone used one of these
Digital Video Recorders from Jaycar / Electus? If so what do you think
of them?

I have also seen some from WES.

Any comments from someone who has one would be very welcome.

David

Opps. Here is the link:
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=QV3078

David

 

[R1rob]

Have a look at the four channel PC ones on ebay. Cheap and will work over
network.

 

[David L. Jones]

Hi all,

I am looking at getting a four or eight channel digital video recorder
for home security, and am looking at what is around. I would like an
ethernet interface, to enable web viewing. Has anyone used one of these
Digital Video Recorders from Jaycar / Electus? If so what do you think
of them?

I have also seen some from WES.

Any comments from someone who has one would be very welcome.

David

Thought about getting a 4 channel PCI card instead?, like this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-DVR-CCTV...ryZ11896QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
$36 posted
Use a 2nd hand PC for <$100 and you have a very cheap solution that you
can easily network.

Dave

 

[Phil Allison]

"David"

I am looking at getting a four or eight channel digital video recorder for
home security,

** Why ??????

Expecting your next door neighbours, relatives or friends to burgle your
house ???

Surrounding your home with video cameras and lights is dumb paranoia and a
waste of money.

Pure geek think.




......... Phil

 

[R1rob]

He might live next to a paedophile. Automatic weapons are illegal and you
cant stay home or awake forever.
That is a stupid comment Phil, as you have no idea of his circumstances.

Rob

 

[Phil Allison]

"R1rob" = Top Posting, Fucking Tenth Wit

He might live next to a paedophile.

** Wot - one just like you ???

Automatic weapons are illegal and you cant stay home or awake forever.

** ROTFLMAO !!!

This paranoid, fucking lunatic has been smoking something seriously illegal
!!!

That is a stupid comment Phil,

** What a HOOT !!

This paranoid, fucking lunatic's crapology makes the recent, asinine
pronouncements the Lakemba Mufti look like pearls of infinite wisdom !!!

as you have no idea of his circumstances.

** See the first line of my reply - fuckhead ??

Says : " Why ?????? "

Up to the OP to explain his thinking.

Not some jumped up, brain dead, ASD fucked MORON like YOU !

PISS OFF !!!!!!!!!!



...... Phil

 

[R1rob]

Constructive reply Phil, as I would expect from an intelligent person.
And I do love top posts...................

Rob

 

[Alan Rutlidge]

"R1rob" = Top Posting, Fucking Tenth Wit




** Wot - one just like you ???





** ROTFLMAO !!!

This paranoid, fucking lunatic has been smoking something seriously
illegal !!!





** What a HOOT !!

This paranoid, fucking lunatic's crapology makes the recent, asinine
pronouncements the Lakemba Mufti look like pearls of infinite wisdom !!!





** See the first line of my reply - fuckhead ??

Says : " Why ?????? "

Up to the OP to explain his thinking.

Not some jumped up, brain dead, ASD fucked MORON like YOU !

PISS OFF !!!!!!!!!!



...... Phil

Err, and who was paranoid about a neighbour installing a camera? Geez you
have a short selective memory don't you Phil?

 

[ab]

Phil has no memory; he drinks too much.

Err, and who was paranoid about a neighbour installing a camera? Geez you
have a short selective memory don't you Phil?

 

[Alan Rutlidge]

Phil has no memory; he drinks too much.

According to Phil, he's a tea totaller. Doesn't touch the "demon" drink
AFAIK, but I could be wrong.

 

[rowan194]

Thought about getting a 4 channel PCI card instead?, like this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-DVR-CCTV...ryZ11896QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
$36 posted
Use a 2nd hand PC for <$100 and you have a very cheap solution that you
can easily network.

Maybe I'm a bit behind in market values, but would a PC of that price
have sufficient power to be able to capture and dump 4 channels? My
Duron 1.2GHz used to have problems keeping up with 640x480 capture at
25fps. At one end of the scale the HD couldn't write the raw data fast
enough, at the other end compression reduced the amount written to the
HD but it was too CPU hungry. Too close to either extreme resulted in
dropped frames, so it took a fair bit of experimenting to find a
reliable balance.

 

[David L. Jones]

Maybe I'm a bit behind in market values, but would a PC of that price
have sufficient power to be able to capture and dump 4 channels? My
Duron 1.2GHz used to have problems keeping up with 640x480 capture at
25fps. At one end of the scale the HD couldn't write the raw data fast
enough, at the other end compression reduced the amount written to the
HD but it was too CPU hungry. Too close to either extreme resulted in
dropped frames, so it took a fair bit of experimenting to find a
reliable balance.

I have not used these video capture cards, but I used an old $50 700MHz
PIII to do Firewire video capture and editing and it worked just fine.
Editing was a bit slow because of the slow video card, but I didn't get
one dropped frame on the capture. Firewire of course doesn't do any
compression on the fly, so maybe compression might be a bottle neck?

For a dedicated machine like this you would remove every driver not
necessary, that means firewalls, virus scanners and other resident
programs that hog system bandwidth.

Even if it worked for only one channel, it would still be cheaper to
buy 4 second hand machines and 4 cards! Not exactly low power
consumption when running them 24/7 though.

Worth spending the 100 bucks and trying it anyway I recon.

You can get a P4 >1GHz for $100 depending on configuration.

Dave

 

[swanny]

Maybe I'm a bit behind in market values, but would a PC of that price
have sufficient power to be able to capture and dump 4 channels? My
Duron 1.2GHz used to have problems keeping up with 640x480 capture at
25fps. At one end of the scale the HD couldn't write the raw data fast
enough, at the other end compression reduced the amount written to the
HD but it was too CPU hungry. Too close to either extreme resulted in
dropped frames, so it took a fair bit of experimenting to find a
reliable balance.

Unless you really need constant real-time video, use motion detection to capture
frames that have motion above a certain threshold. I use gspy on a linux box
which works well. That way you don't end up with hours of footage in which
nothing happens.

 

[ab]

Must be a Mormon.

According to Phil, he's a tea totaller. Doesn't touch the "demon" drink
AFAIK, but I could be wrong.

 

[Alan Rutlidge]

Must be a Mormon.

No he's a good Catholic boy AFAIK. Attended at least one Marist Brothers'
school (Catholic).
So he's unlikely to be a Mormon.