Hi,
First post, looking for a bit of advice.
I need to monitor an area causing an issue for me, I've tried a Coomatec DVR 'All in One' type solution. With it's on-board MicroSD card, as I wanted a temp solution, but I need something a bit more reliable. The Coomatec randomly stops recording after a couple of days, even though it should loop record.
I've got an old Windows XP SP3 machine kicking around, which I can use, it's an old IBM from an office that was closed down. I'm planning to put a PCI card in, with a cable run camera near a window.
I'm looking for a simple card, it only needs to support one camera via cable. I may look at adding a second WiFi Camera, but I'm assuming that would be the software capturing that?
I've looked on eBay and other sites such as camsecure, which has 'basic' ones at around £35.
I don't really want to spend too much, as I should not really have to monitor this area but I do.
I've seen ones on eBay for sub £10, are they suitable? Or is it worth going to someware like camsecure? EG: Connexant 878a ?
Thanks in advance