The axis video encoders do a good job, and they work fine. As for software, I would take a look at Milestone's Xprotect range, it runs on anything from XP through to server 2008, it even works on windows 7, There is a one camera version that is free, up to their Xprotect corporate and enterprise versions supporting unlimited IP camera's.
http://www.milestonesys.com/ The licensing is for the software and then on a per camera basis. Overall the software works, and from experience they have one of the largest range of supported IP based cameras, so you don't always have to buy Axis. Cheers Matt From: Glen Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 04 November 2009 20:46 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Network video recorder Reading the thread "home servers" and looking at the recent network maps and seeing a surveillance DVR reminded me to ask the collective this. We currently have about 28 analog camera but the recorders are crap. Slow to search for events and don't provide more than a few days storage. I'd like to purchase some video servers, aka analog to ip converters and software to record the camera. We will also migrate to IP camera as budget and time permit. So far I've narrowed our selection down to NVR from video-insight and their VE4 encoders. The encoders come with camera licenses so that is a plus. I've also looked at the AXIS line of converters and they look good on paper, are well supported but would cost more since I'd have to purchase the video-insight software separately. My questions is, what software if any, do you recommend for setting up a network video recorder. I have a Dell 2950 with 2.5tb storage for video, and plenty room for the OS and apps. I'd prefer to start out with server 2008/x32 as the os but this isn't a deal breaker if there is something out there that beats video-insight but only works with server03 os. Any suggestions, horror or success stories. Glen. ________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ This e-mail (including all attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately at [email protected] . Thank You. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
