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Advice for PC to serve as hub for 5 CCTV feeds

  • 07-08-2013 12:56pm
    #1
    Bomberman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭


    Our business has a number of retail premises around town and we want to have a control room where a manager can have live access to all CCTV feeds simultaneously.

    Each store's individual CCTV feed can be remotely streamed, so we were thinking to build/buy a PC with a graphics card something like an ATI 5870 2gb Eyefinity and output each store's live stream to a different monitor. Splitscreen isn't really an option, as some of the stores' streams are already split, showing feeds from up to 8 different cameras. Thus, we'd probably need to put each store on a separate monitor.

    Is this the best way to do this, and is that the best graphics card for the job, would people recommend?

    Thanks for any advice.


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  • #2
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    I'd make sure the motherboard has two pci-ex 16 slots and get two Nvidia NVS 510's. Otherwise your looking at 3 cards and possibly messing around with active display port adapters. The Nvidia and equivalent Matrox cards were designed for that sort of 2d multiple display work and do it well.


  • #3
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    When you say CCTV feeds with up to up to 8 different cameras, are these feeds from a NVR/DVR at each site? If so, what make & model? Most manufacturers(Bosch, Pelco & Ic realtime to name a few) have remote Video Management Software that will allow you to connect to & display multiple sites on one front end. the other alternative is Milestone or one of the free viewers, mainly for IP cams though.

    You should check what recorder equipment is installed in each premises, and decide what viewer you will use. In my experience the VMS software system requirements will dictate the spec. of the centralised viewer machine.


  • #4
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    You should also be able to use motherboard video as well. Anything remotely recent will give you an extra two displays. Combine that with a 600-series NVIDIA card, and you'll get a total of six.


  • #5
    Lu Tze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,498 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    I saw a 6 display 6870 on adverts a while ago. Might still be there, but you would need adapters for each monitor


  • #6
    Bomberman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭Bomberman


    glynf wrote: »
    When you say CCTV feeds with up to up to 8 different cameras, are these feeds from a NVR/DVR at each site? If so, what make & model? Most manufacturers(Bosch, Pelco & Ic realtime to name a few) have remote Video Management Software that will allow you to connect to & display multiple sites on one front end. the other alternative is Milestone or one of the free viewers, mainly for IP cams though.

    You should check what recorder equipment is installed in each premises, and decide what viewer you will use. In my experience the VMS software system requirements will dictate the spec. of the centralised viewer machine.

    We run IC Realtime ICRSS, feeding IP cameras connected to a DVR.

    Thanks everyone for the advice.


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