ugolog

The latest Axis firmware fixed this problem by supporting ftp folder creation. The folder names are very flexible, and can be based on features such as date and time in various formats. There still will be a problem of navigating through thousands of files. Your options could be - Creating a batch job to encode individual frames to AVI or FLV with ffmpeg - FTP directly to "Internet DVR" like ugolog.com or uguardu.com, both provide decent playback options for snapshots Alexander

I am creator of video monitoring site - Ugolog. Site works as "online DVR", eliminating the need for PC or standalone DVR. Network Camera + Internet connection is all you need. My main idea - DVRs are expensive and firewall configuration is complicated. I think if I can remove DVR and firewall configuration issues from the picture - the world will be a better place I am trying to figure out what how can I make this site more appealing to home users and security professionals. What do you think is more important for online DVR ? - Website looks - Website functionality - Easy setup, setup documentation - Price If you have ideas or complains - I want to hear them Thank you

Interesting. I am going to check out their promo materials. I plan redesigning website in the next few weeks, but then I will have to dive into marketing/selling. I will need all the help and samples I can find Thank you for the great write up! And broadband stipulation is a great idea - I definitely have to do this. Alexander

Possibly... I am an engineer not a businessman - so it would take time to figure out my promotion strategy . But including a $200 AXIS camera into $300 package sounds reasonable. I think I can work with a low-traffic client for $100/year and be profitable.

I am thinking about $10-$15 month for home users. Do you think this is reasonable? I expect that most home applications (monitor pets, entrance to garage, etc) do not require 24x7 recording. And if I record motion activated events only - the traffic and storage becomes reasonable (within few GB a month)

Hmm... That is interesting. Though at 1fps it is still about 100-200GB of data a month for a decent quality image - it is doable. Expensive, but doable. Thank you for your comments

Here is how I see it. a) You want high-end setup video history at 30fps, full time/realtime/megapixel cameras/etc. b) You want simple and cheap setup I am not trying to cover a) - may be in 5 years, but not now. But b) is totally open game now. There is no solution in the market that can let monitor your driveway for $300/year (including camera purchase). BACKUP? OK, I admit, I do not get it Do you think this market is not worth pursuing? Do you think that "monitor driveway" market is better served with PC-based systems? Alexander

Obviously, only customer has access to his own videos. Internet downtime is the problem, since power uptime is usually higher then internet uptime. But I think that initial market for online DVR/NVR would be "security awareness", not "security alarm" applications. Something non mission-critical but still requiring high level of availability (monitoring vacation house, small business at night, etc)