[mythtv-users] "Channelized" camera feeds for Myth

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 13 May 2004 13:57, Shane Bush wrote:
> I'm trying to come up with a video survellance method that uses Myth
> for doing monitoring of rooms in a Daycare...  Myth would record the
> cameras from 6am to 6:30pm M-F and the Motion app would be working
> the rest of the time to look for intruders and such...
>
> I'm thinking that if there was some way to setup "channelized" video.
> Like Channel 1 be one camera, channel 2 be another, etc...
> This would be successful in using Myth the way it was intended.. with
> channels.  As well as being easy to maintain, it'd be scalable (I
> think).
>
> However, I don't know if a "Channelizer" exists, or even if it
> does, what it's called...
>
> Anybody know?  Anybody got a better idea?
>
>
> Here's my plan:
> PlainText AsciiArt alert!!
>
> -Feed 1---
>           \                           /---MythBackend Slave
> -Feed 2--- "Channelizer"-----Splitter- ---MythBackend Master
>           /                           \---MythBackend Slave
> -Feed 3---
>
> Thanks,
> Shane


There are devices that do what you want (a 'channelizer').  Basically 
they take a video source input and modulate it for transmission over a 
(typically unused) tuneable cable-TV frequency.  Usually they recommend 
putting a one-way filter on your cable coming into the house, so that 
the outside world can't view your transmission, but that is not 
necessary if you run your own cable feed separate from your TV cable.

Unfortunately, I don't have a link, company or product name handy... but 
I know I've seen such things advertised.

-JAC