if you want long term CCTV setup properly you should be using ethernet connected security cameras and then transmitting it back to a central server with a hdd always recording. It’s much more reliable and way more cost effective, just requires you running an ethernet cable to where the camera is.
with ethernet the live feed is perfectly fine, and there is no remote downloading, it’s all streamed over the ethernet to a central box which handles everything from there. You might need some decode/encode capabilities, but to my understanding a lot of cameras will run multiple hardware encodes straight from the sensor over to the network already. So you probably don’t need much.
personally i don’t have a cctv setup at the moment, so i can’t give any recommendations, but you’d be looking for POE capable cameras, and you’d need a POE enabled switch, and a computer connected to that switch in order to handle the incoming data, including software obviously. But it’s probably also dependent on the camera itself, nicer cameras are probably going to be more flexible.
there are plenty of decent videos about homelab based CCTV setups out there if you’re looking to dig into them a bit more.
yeah and at that point you’re probably not using a microsd card i would figure. You have a small computer in there already, might as well throw in an SSD or something.
I guess if you needed the sheer capacity of 4TB you might use a micro sd, but you’re probably gambling more than you’re saving at that point.
They’re not for long term storage, they’re for transient storage like photography, in particular stuff like surveillance cameras
if you want long term CCTV setup properly you should be using ethernet connected security cameras and then transmitting it back to a central server with a hdd always recording. It’s much more reliable and way more cost effective, just requires you running an ethernet cable to where the camera is.
Yeah but the live feed and remote downloading sucks
with ethernet the live feed is perfectly fine, and there is no remote downloading, it’s all streamed over the ethernet to a central box which handles everything from there. You might need some decode/encode capabilities, but to my understanding a lot of cameras will run multiple hardware encodes straight from the sensor over to the network already. So you probably don’t need much.
What brand do you have?
personally i don’t have a cctv setup at the moment, so i can’t give any recommendations, but you’d be looking for POE capable cameras, and you’d need a POE enabled switch, and a computer connected to that switch in order to handle the incoming data, including software obviously. But it’s probably also dependent on the camera itself, nicer cameras are probably going to be more flexible.
there are plenty of decent videos about homelab based CCTV setups out there if you’re looking to dig into them a bit more.
It depends on the type of location, small remote locations might not even get their own local network
yeah and at that point you’re probably not using a microsd card i would figure. You have a small computer in there already, might as well throw in an SSD or something.
I guess if you needed the sheer capacity of 4TB you might use a micro sd, but you’re probably gambling more than you’re saving at that point.