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How can I do this (CCTV) Crash Gordon 02-05-2008
Posted by Crash Gordon on February 5, 2008, 5:44 pm
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Residential install; lady wants two exterior cameras (no biggie I already
ran two coax, two cat5e, two power wires - so I'm set for anything).
But she can't make up her mind what she wants us to do with the
signal...DVR, Capture Card, modulate to TVs??

Since her brother gave her a prefectly good 2 year old computer, I figured
I'd just install a decent capture card with internet capabilities on the
computer and run a remote LCD display to her bedroom (about 15 feet from the
computer). The 'puter will be located at the structured wiring box.

That seemed too simple.

Now she's thinking she may also want it modulated to 3 TV locations.

This is why I go nuts.

She has money for anything reasonable I come up with.

Can I take the output from the cameras and modulate it AND send it to the
capture card? Or is this backwards thinking.
She's got me confused now.

R.




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**Crash Gordon**








Posted by G. Morgan on February 5, 2008, 7:22 pm
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Crash Gordon wrote:

>Residential install; lady wants two exterior cameras (no biggie I already
>ran two coax, two cat5e, two power wires - so I'm set for anything).
>But she can't make up her mind what she wants us to do with the
>signal...DVR, Capture Card, modulate to TVs??
>
>Since her brother gave her a prefectly good 2 year old computer, I figured
>I'd just install a decent capture card with internet capabilities on the
>computer and run a remote LCD display to her bedroom (about 15 feet from the
>computer). The 'puter will be located at the structured wiring box.
>
>That seemed too simple.
>
>Now she's thinking she may also want it modulated to 3 TV locations.
>
>This is why I go nuts.
>
>She has money for anything reasonable I come up with.
>
>Can I take the output from the cameras and modulate it AND send it to the
>capture card? Or is this backwards thinking.
>She's got me confused now.

Well, I guess you could modulate them on unused channels for distribution to
TV's - then install a TV tuner card on the PC - hell I'm watching Family Guy
right now in a window. But that is not going to turn the PC into a DVR (not
sure if that's what you wanted). It would just allow for monitoring the cams
on the PC and record 1 at a time.

You can split the signal and send un modulated feeds to a PC capture card for a
home built DVR. And then modulate the 2 from the split and inject them into
the cable (get's more complicated if she has SAT).

OR.. Get a capture card and use the Monitor output to modulate for injection
on the CATV/SAT.

OR.. http://www.napcosecurity.com/video.html

Or maybe wireless video Tx-Rx for the TV's set on the AUX inputs if you don't
want to fuck with channel modulation/injection.

I'll think about it some more... gotta run.




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-G

Posted by Just Looking on February 5, 2008, 7:36 pm
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>Can I take the output from the cameras and modulate it AND send >it to the
capture card?

I've done it that way before.
Instead of screwing around with a capture card in a computer, why not just
use a Bosch VIP X2?
http://boschsecurity.us/pdf/EN/VIP%20X%20Product%20Brief%2Epdf You can stick
a USB hard drive on it and view the video on the 2 year old computer (or any
computer on her network) with almost any web browser. You don't have to be a
Bosch dealer to get the VIP X2. Anixter has them. I am sure other
distributors do too.
All Bosch Video over IP (BVIP) I have used work just fine. The only issue I
have found with the BVIP line is the X1600. If it is made in Germany it has
a high failure rate. The ones made in Portugal don't fail. Unfortunately you
can't specify which country you get when you order the item. In any case you
would use an X1600 on a residential account. They'd flip when they saw the
price on an iSCSI array.
So why not take a walk on the wild side and try an edge encoder like the VIP
X2?

> Residential install; lady wants two exterior cameras (no biggie I already
> ran two coax, two cat5e, two power wires - so I'm set for anything).
> But she can't make up her mind what she wants us to do with the
> signal...DVR, Capture Card, modulate to TVs??
>
> Since her brother gave her a prefectly good 2 year old computer, I figured
> I'd just install a decent capture card with internet capabilities on the
> computer and run a remote LCD display to her bedroom (about 15 feet from
the
> computer). The 'puter will be located at the structured wiring box.
>
> That seemed too simple.
>
> Now she's thinking she may also want it modulated to 3 TV locations.
>
> This is why I go nuts.
>
> She has money for anything reasonable I come up with.
>
> Can I take the output from the cameras and modulate it AND send it to the
> capture card? Or is this backwards thinking.
> She's got me confused now.
>
> R.
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> **Crash Gordon**
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Posted by Robert L Bass on February 5, 2008, 8:27 pm
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"Crash Gordon" wrote:
>
> Can I take the output from the cameras and modulate it AND send it
> to the capture card?

An alternative is to modulate the camera signals, merge them with the
CATV and stick a TV tuner card in the PC. This will give her the
ability to watch any camera on any TV or the PC at will. It won't
provide a multiplexed screen though -- one camera at a time. But
this is a house, not a commercial setup. That should be fine.

ChannelPlus makes high grade modulators, signal amplifiers, etc.,
that are tough to beat. They're pricier than some but their stuff is
rock solid.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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Posted by Mark Leuck on February 5, 2008, 11:34 pm
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> Residential install; lady wants two exterior cameras (no biggie I already
> ran two coax, two cat5e, two power wires - so I'm set for anything).
> But she can't make up her mind what she wants us to do with the
> signal...DVR, Capture Card, modulate to TVs??
>
> Since her brother gave her a prefectly good 2 year old computer, I figured
> I'd just install a decent capture card with internet capabilities on the
> computer and run a remote LCD display to her bedroom (about 15 feet from
the
> computer). The 'puter will be located at the structured wiring box.
>
> That seemed too simple.
>
> Now she's thinking she may also want it modulated to 3 TV locations.
>
> This is why I go nuts.
>
> She has money for anything reasonable I come up with.
>
> Can I take the output from the cameras and modulate it AND send it to the
> capture card? Or is this backwards thinking.
> She's got me confused now.
>
> R.

Better idea, try Optiflex and if the TV's have coax input you can output to
that, or send it to any computer or heck get her a Symphony and it'll
display on that

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> **Crash Gordon**
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