General IP cam question, 1480 question..

[what2be 0]

I have a 1480, i know the max fps is 480 which is 30 at 320x240 if using all 16 cameras.

 

What I want to know is what is the maximum number of cameras i can run if I want near d1 quality? ex, 8 @ 704x576.

 

I guess my main question is I want the best quality and am willing to sacrafice some cameras for it with this card. I ran the card for 2 years at my business, with all 16 cameras, and while the quality was ok, it wasnt spectacular.

 

My next question is what is the advantage to IP cameras? You still need to put power to them *although i do see some PoE cameras) and you still need to run a ethernet run to them, so what exactly is the advantage to them?

From reading specs, the quality is on par or even below some analog cameras, and the price is higher than analog cameras as well. I can see where if you needed 32 cameras or something it might be handy since you have 254 ip address's, but is that the ony advantage?

 

lastly, is Geovision ever going to support 64 bit os's? It seems sillly to require such a strong cpu/pc and then limit it to a 32 bit os where the max ram you can use is 3 gigs.

[kensplace 0]

You can run all 16 cams at D1, all that will happen is reduced frame rate.

 

Most things dont require 25fps (pal) or 30fps (ntsc), and if you set them to record on motion chances are not all of them will have motion at the same time - so frame rate will be better.

[what2be 0]

Thank you,

 

I was beginning to think this place turned into a ghost town:(

[402vette 0]

As for your IP camera question, there are many uses for IP cameras but my main use is for wireless connection through commercial wireless routers, I have an entire subdivision covered with 41 IP cameras that would be impossible with coax.

 

On the flip side if you can run a siamese I would stick to conventional cameras for most applications.