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Hi all, massive thanks in advance for any help you can offer! Basically i have: Mac desktop windows parallel for mac axis 5534 IP camera sanyo HD5400p IP camera Axis T8311 usb controller The axis camera and joystick work fine in security spy for mac so long as parallel is left running in background to allow activation and use of axis joystick. We HAVE to use imovie to edit and compile recorded data for clients. All video is currently streamed in jpeg rather than h.264 so that there is no further video conversion required for imovie as per clients/staff requests. The axis will run POE IP with 25fps in security spy no issues. I believe this cam is 720p HD and is about security spy's limit? My biggest issue is now that i have installed the sanyo HD 5400p which is capable of 1080p streaming (h.264) and slightly less or a lot less for jpeg. I have to use imovie and jpeg streaming but once i adjust the resolution and fps on the camera homepage to anything of good quality, then security spy will not 'see' the camera! Im talking really low resolution to get anything above 12.5fps! on the best resolution that security spy seems to accept and allowing the camera to output at 25fps, its dreadful and a 'fuzzy analogue' quality picture. Security spy confirms its on the listed as suported camera but at 5fps! Scenario: camera is used to observe the public using products on themselves such as hygiene products. We have to be able to see facial expressions etc (which the axis does ok in another larger room). The room is approx 2.5m x 2m and the camera is head height on a ceiling pole tight up against a front wall. The person being observed stands approx 1.5 metres away from camera. Any movement of the body and head causing a blurring and i need to overcome this! I have tried all sorts of settings and cannot grasp it. Is anyone familer with this camera and security spy? I assume 5fps is just not going to cut the mustard with any settings and 12.5fps still causes the blur and ghosting of the person! please ask for anymore info you may need/that i have missed and i thank you massively in advance! also, if anyone knows of a usb controller that works on mac and supports both axis and sanyo ptz cameras then please shout up! the sanyo uses ssp but can be configured to pelco however the axis controller we have only see's axis cameras and has to be run in windows parallel on mac! thanks again!

Hi all, newbie here with a few questions if you wouldnt mind please. Any help is massively appreciated and i thank you in advance! Basically a need to install: 2 PTZ 2 dome cameras a mac with final cut pro for editing and recording via hard drive (internal and/or external) A seperate monitor/tv for each camera within a few meters of mac Please can you spec me some materials. An installation has existed but is fairly poor and requires putting right with some additions. As it stands, cable runs are approx 40 meters tops I need to split video feed into mac and a seperate monitor/tv without loss. BNC monitors are costly. Will small LCD tv's produce less quality? The video has to be split for each camera and connect to a tv or monitor and the mac at same time. Existing canopus units existed but seem a little grainy? Maybe its due to poor interconnects and small cable connections between mac and the one existing monitor? A canopus unit could be purchased for each camera to convert to firewire and a hub used to connect all four to mac or is this bad? Each canopus has dip switches unless you know of better at roughly same cost or less? I have read that cameras need 75ohm connections. I take it RCA/phono is not as good? what about the scart adapters? BNC to scart? Or rf modulator? Need to weigh up the end quality as a monitor, opposed to a tv and and modulator will be about the same unless RCA or scart adapters are used. Please feel free to ask if i have missed anything and ill do my best. This is for a large ongoing international client and it has to be a good quality install within reason. Kind regards, Martin