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FREE
Software functions:
IBM Compatible
PC-based Digital Video Recording Surveillance System for colour or
monochrome Video Cameras, Record and Monitor or Playback simultaneously.
Four Channel Motion
Detection or Continuous or Time Lapse Digital Video recording.
Using Motion
Detection images are recorded only when image changes are detected.
Multiple Masking Zones for each
channel.
Adjustable Detection Sensitivity
for each channel.
Audible Warnings, custom Sound
Files associated with each channel may be configured to automatically play
when image changes are detected.
Viewing during
recording and remotely via LAN TCP/IP, access limited to one remote
(Client) PC at a time.
Images may be
Stamped with user defined Title and Full Date/Time: Year / Month / Day
AM-PM / Hour / Minutes / Seconds.
Comprehensive log for each
channel, sorted by Year - Month - Day - Time, individual event clips may
be saved in an Archive File or deleted.
Storage on multiple HDDs and
Folders, oldest files are overwritten on a First-In First-Out (FIFO) basis
when free HDD space falls below a user specified value (range 9999 MB to
100 MB). This facility avoids loss of current surveillance recordings and
eliminates the need to periodically manually delete files.
Image Compression: User
adjustable to balance File Size against Image Quality.
Huge Storage capacity 1 110 000
~ 1 390 000 Images with 50 GigaByte HDD @ maximum Image Quality setting,
even greater capacity @ lower Image Quality settings. (This estimation is
based on a sampling of one hundred 20 MB files each containing 444 ~ 555
images). By comparison the image capacity of a VCR with 3 hour tape is
just 540 000 images (50 fields per second x 3 600 second x 3 hours).
Capture Rate: 3 ~ 5 images per
second per channel, depends on PC Hardware, number of channels in use,
image content, compression, other running tasks, etc.
Eliminates tedious and time
consuming review of tape recordings, labelling and storage of tapes.
Eliminates the high cost of a
Time Lapse VCR, Maintenance and Cassettes.
Considerably Higher-Resolution,
Lower-Noise, Deterioration-Free and Consistent Image Quality than possible
with a Quad and VHS or even SUPER-VHS VCR.
Operates continuously: no
down-time while tape rewinds, is changed or replayed.
CAPTURE
CARD:
Single Chip Bt878
BrookTree IC Video Capture, fully PCI 2.1 compliant.
Compatible with CCIR/PAL (Australia) EIA/NTSC
(Read this) (USA) & SECAM (France) TV systems.
4 standard composite video (AV) 75 ohm inputs via RCA sockets.
KEY FEATURES:
FREE Surveillance Software
Click
here to read User Notes (this page contains numerous screen shots and
will take 1 ~ 4 minutes to load, page will open in a "New Window"
therefore you may continue browsing this page while it loads).
Each Video input can be
configured with it's own Brightness, Contrast, Sensitivity, Video Quality
(Compression), Mask Area(s) and Camera ID.
Camera ID (Title) with Full Date
& Time Stamp: Year / Month / Day / AM-PM / Hour / Minutes / Seconds may be
recorded with each channel.
Motion Detection Recording with
variable sensitivity and audible Alarm, sequentially monitors images for
changes and records video.
Continuous Recording.
Time Lapse Recording intervals
adjustable 0.5 to 600 seconds, 0.5 second increments.
Eliminates tedious and
unproductive visual monitoring, system may be configured to play a
standard or custom audio file associated with each camera when motion is
detected. User's attention to activity in areas under surveillance may be
announced by PC Sound System ie: "Movement at Rear of Building" -
"Movement in Display Area" - etc - etc.
Masking allows user to define
areas that will be disregarded by Motion Detection function, multiple
masked areas may be defined anywhere on image or the entire image masked
and segments of importance unmasked.
Storage Folder for each channel
may be located on different HDDs, this allows a large HDD to be allocated
for Camera(s) in high activity or high priority areas, Folders for other
channels may be located elsewhere. Images may be stored on Local (Server)
PC and / or Remote PC.
Comprehensive Log on Local
(Server) PC for each channel with individual files for each event, sorted
by Year - Month - Day - Time, individual clips may be saved in an Archive
File or deleted.
20 Playback speeds 20:1 ratio.
Full-Screen Replay using Media
Player.
Control system with Mouse or
Keyboard.
Images can be saved as a BMP or
JPEG file.
Print images.
AVI, BMP and JPEG files may be
easily copied and distributed to Police, Security Personnel, etc, via
Floppy Disc, CD ROM, Zip, Tape, e-mail, etc,.
AVI files can be viewed
Full-Screen using standard Windows MS Media Player, BMP and JPEG files can
be viewed with MS Paint, Quick View, etc, no special software required.
Sequential capture and motion
detection analysis of images from 4 inputs at up to 384 x 288 (CCIR/PAL
Australia & SECAM France/Russia) 320 x 240
(Read this) (EIA/NTSC
USA/Japan).
* LOWER-NOISE
* HIGHER-RESOLUTION see comparison below
* DETERIORATION-FREE
* CONSISTENT IMAGE QUALITY
Compared to
conventional 4 Channel Quad / VCR recording systems that are susceptible
to fluctuating results depending on condition of Tape, VCR Heads and
Transport mechanisms.
FREE Software:
CCIR/PAL recording 384 (H) x 288 (V) per camera = 110 592 pixels.
Quad & VHS VCR:
CCIR/PAL recording ~ 160 x ~ 288 per camera = 46 080 pixels, 58% less
data.
Quad & SUPER-VHS
VCR: CCIR/PAL recording ~ 265 x ~ 288 per camera = 76 320 pixels, 31% less
data.
Above comparison is
based on a VCR operating in Frame-Recording mode, as most VCRs (in
Time-Lapse mode) only record Fields, the situation is
considerably worse as only 144 (not 288) horizontal scan lines are
recorded per camera. In Field mode per camera pixels for VHS
are: 23 040, 79% less data, for Super-VHS 38 160, 65% less data.
SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS:
CPU: Pentium 200 or
above, Pentium 500 or better recommended, Celeron not recommended.
Operating System - RECORDING Software: Windows 98 / ME with latest
updates.
One PCI Slot and unshared IRQ (Interrupt Request).
Operating System - REMOTE VIEW Software: Windows 95, 98, NT or 2000.
Sound Card: (optional) for Audible Warnings.
Network Card: (optional) for Remote Viewing.
Hard Disk space: Plenty of disk storage for recording, at least 1GB per
camera.
System RAM: 64 MB or above.
Display card: 16-bit high colour or 24-bit true colour, 800 x 600 or
above, Direct Draw compatible.
Video Cameras: Up to 4 with standard 75 ohm composite video output,
monochrome or colour, reliable recording is not possible with a mix of
monochrome & colour cameras.
STORAGE
REQUIREMENTS:
Size of individual
files is 20 MB, each 20 MB file typically contains 444 ~ 555 images with
Image Quality set @ maximum..
Storage capacity
with @ 50 GB HDD @ highest Image Quality setting is 1 110 000 ~ 1 390 000
Images, capacity may be increased considerably by lowering Image Quality
setting.
For comparison the
capacity of a 24 Hour Time Lapse VCR with 3 hour tape is only 540 000
images (50 x 3 600 x 3).
Following is
presented for informational purposes only and relates to GoVideo-4 system,
details are in general also applicable to FREE Software.
Hard Disk Space
requirements are impossible to specify, there are numerous variables that
will affect the size of each Video Clip, they include: Image Resolution -
Compression - Capture Rate (Frames-per-Second) - PC Speed/Performance -
Image Content:- A solitary person moving about (only a portion of
image is changing) - VERSUS - Numerous persons and/or vehicles moving
about (large portions of image are changing).
Below are examples
from a system that operates continuously 24 hours per day, PC hardware is:
AMD K6-2/450 CPU (approximately equal to a 450 MHz Pentium), Epox MVP3
Apollo AGP/PCI ChipSet Motherboard with 1 MB L2 cache, 128 MB 100 MHz
DRAM, IDE 33 ATA HDD.
This data is for a
single channel operating in Motion Detection Mode, Camera is a 600 +
H-Line Colour Day / Night / IR unit with Automatic Iris Lens and Infra-Red
illumination, the scene is the driveway / entrance to our warehouse.
Activity in this situation includes: one to several persons moving about
in the driveway, motor vehicles coming and going and passing motor
vehicles, a person moving about in the driveway occupies 60% ~ 20% of the
captured image frame height, a Truck occupies up to ~ 40% of image area.
Motion Detection Sensitivity level is such that a Cat moving about at an ~
6 metre wide point in the scene triggers recording Day or Night (under
InfraRed illumination). GoVideo settings are: Resolution = 384 x 288,
Compression = 5 (minimum compression, therefore highest image quality),
Frame Rate is set to maximum for this Computer, 62 per 10 seconds.
There are 5 levels
of Compression, with a static scene and resolution = 384 x 288, frame file
size varies between 1 kB ~ 7 kB as compression is varied from 1 (maximum)
to 5 (minimum). The minimum Frame Rate is 1 per 10 seconds, the maximum
rate is dependent on PC Speed/Performance and resolution. AVI file data
(number of frames) was obtained using MS Media Player with Indeo video
5.04 Decompression Filter - Video Renderer.
Over a 20 day
period 3 547 events were captured, they occupied 467 MB of Disk Space, the
smallest AVI file was 12 kB (2 Frames), the maximum was 8 389 kB (896
Frames).
Examples of some
files: 14 kB (2 frames), 56 kB (12 frames), 163 kB (38 frames), 294 kB (59
frames), 66 kB (104 frames), 722 kB (137 frames). There is no direct
relationship between the number of frames and file size, this is variable
and depends on frame to frame changes in the images.
Above data is from
an actual operating system and is presented as a guide only, actual
results in each situation will vary considerably because of the numerous
variables involved.
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PACKAGE
CONTENTS:
4 port Capture
Card.
CD ROM Capture Card Drivers, FREE W98/ME Recording & Remote View Software
& User Manual.
MAXIMISE
RELIABILITY: Use an On-Line Uninterruptible Power Supply linked to
Automatic Shut-Down Software to reduce the risk of Operating System faults
or loss of Data, click here for more information.
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