<font face="garamond,serif">Zoneminder is a great system, if configured and setup well.</font><div><font face="garamond,serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="garamond,serif">If you're going to go with direct connected cameras, make sure to find a vendor who has experience with Zoneminder and video4linux to make sure there's some experience to work with.... v4l is a difficult thing to make work with a single input, when dealing with 8-32 or more it can be a true nightmare. </font></div>
<div><font face="garamond,serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="garamond,serif">Bluecherry (<a href="http://store.bluecherry.net/">http://store.bluecherry.net/</a>) specializes in linux security systems, they would be a good source for any hardware you need at the very least.</font></div>
<div><font face="garamond,serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="garamond,serif">If doing IP cameras, Zoneminder is just as good, but without the pain of setting up v4l. This is in some ways a better option, but you'll need to consider how much your network will be affected by the traffic involved, and might want to consider setting up a different network just to handle the camera traffic.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, serif"><br></font></div><div>Kris Browne<br><a href="mailto:kris.browne@gmail.com">kris.browne@gmail.com</a><br>612-353-6969<br>612-408-4431<br><a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/kris.browne">http://www.google.com/profiles/kris.browne</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:08, Raymond Norton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:admin@lctn.org">admin@lctn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Is zoneminder a good solution for a camera security system, or is there a better solution?<br>
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Would like to use IP or BNC/RCA camera, with DVR capability.<br>
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