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

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Thu May 13 16:32:26 EDT 2004


Go to securityideas.com and look at what those guys have. It might be 
cheaper to get something that is already designed to do what you want. 
Or you could get the multiplexer and record the feed 24X7 on low enough 
of the setting. Just look at that site, it will give you tons of ideas.

PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
>>>>>"Shane Bush" <sbush at dbtech.net> 05/13/04 01:57PM >>>
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>>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
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>>time to look for intruders and such...
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> So why have the time restriction?  Just have them on permanent motion 
> detection.  Or were you thinking Myth would record an entire days' worth 
> of activity regardless of movement?  Can myth do time-lapse type recording?
> 
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>>I'm thinking that if there was some way to setup "channelized" video.
>>Like Channel 1 be one camera, channel 2 be another, etc...
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> So you'd need that many tuner cards, right?  Or would it cycle through them?
> Or would the one detecting motion start recording when motion was detected?
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>>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...
>>
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> I think it's a multiplexer.  But if each channel was a camera, would 
> you want each channel going separately into the myth box, or would 
> want them segmented on one screen so you could see all channels 
> at the same time?  I think there is already hardware that exists 
> to either segment or "scroll" through all the video feeds.  Sounds 
> like a good idea, even for a hmoe install of this.  I've been thinking 
> about getting some wireless cameras and putting them under the 
> eaves of my house, but the cost of a time lapse VCR is almost $1,000.
> Using a homebrew myth box at about $400-$700 would be awesome, 
> and I could use it as a myth box too boot.
> 
> Paul
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