Trying to build Surveillance System

[Jim]

I am retired, and lived in Northren New brunswick Canada, I build and repair computers for family and friends, I love the technology but have no formal training, the winters are long and very cold so it's a good time to do this, my other hobby is playing with my tractor, if you want to see where we live take a look here, [url] http://youtu.be/tT9eGlVUJmI [/url]

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I am really happy that I finally hit upon this Website and Forumn, I have wasted many hours and dollars only to find out that the software for a capture card is dedicated to that card, now I have a fairly good card and good cameras but the software does not do what I want .

From what I read here my best bet is to get a four or eight channel server and go digital, the problem here is, I don't know if the software is installed in the server or PC, I suspect there is software that runs in the server since I see that the alarms seem to come from the server so there must be some way of selection what you want to trigger the alarm.


I hope someone will make a selection for me, here is what I want to end up with,

Four analog cameras, Sony, transmitting to the server then to my LAN then the Internet, being recorded in a dedicated PC, one of my main concerns is the ability to send video or a series of jpgs to my email when an alarm is triggered.
The other is to have a "Welcome" chime during the day when vehicles enter our property. I believe the server can handle this, but I think I need an add on chime.


I hope you get to see the tractor blowing snow, there are a few other longer videos on the tractor, but they should be edited, there quite long.

Thanks for letting me in,
God bless all

Jim

[buellwinkle]

This is not the forum for analog cameras. Check out cctvforum.com, a lot of analog guys there that are terrified of IP cameras
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[Jim]

I am sorry, I didn't mean to intrude, I was hoping to get some intelligent information on this forum, I never realized it was reserved for only people who have or use IP surveillance systems. I really wanted some feedback from the users themselves, I have made so many mistakes and I guess I just added to the number, please accept my deepest apology.

My question, sorry to have to mention the word, is I have made the mistake of buying analog cameres and capture cards, now I find out that the software has to be compatable with the capture card, so what I want to do is use the cameras with a server that can convert my signal to digital and be used like an IP camera, my future camaras will be IP, I need help choosing a server and good cameras that use H.264 compression. My goal is to have video clips of alarms sent to me via email, the other think I want is to have welcome sounds to announce vehicles entering our property.

Thanks
God bless all
Jim

[adam718]

You can use a Video Server to interface with your analog cameras to capture video like IP cameras. The Axis 2400 series work well, and I am sure there are other that are also good. I use Security Monitor Pro software, you can check this list for the term 'video server' to see the other makes and models - http://www.deskshare.com/surveillance-software-faq.aspx#9 - a single video server can handle multiple cameras

[Jim]

Thank you for taking the time to respond, while I am here would you make a suggestion for a good PTZ IP Outdoor camera, keeping in mind we have severe winters, blowing snow, -40C , I want something that is in the low Mega Pixel range, not the the most expensive, yet something with good detail day and night. I read here somewhere about some that even have tracking ability and auto zoom.

Thank you again
God bless
Jim